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Grover BeachCA

Grover Beach, CA is a 14K-resident city in San Luis Obispo County with a median household income of $86,458.

San Luis Obispo County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Grover Beach, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Grover Beach has a population larger than 21% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $727,500.

Data updated 2026-09-04

14K
Population (place)
Bottom 22%
By size
$86,458
Median income (place)
$727,500
Median home (place)
11.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Grover Beach

Grover Beach posts a median household income higher than 57% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 43%
by median income, US cities

Where Grover Beach income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$86,458 Top 43% higher than 57% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Grover Beach $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Grover Beach, CA beyond the headline numbers

Grover Beach sits inside San Luis Obispo County, California, at roughly 35.12°N, -120.62°W. Population 13,600, $86,458 median household income. Median home value $727,500, median rent $2,061. Poverty rate 11.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Grover Beach, CA stands at 11.8%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Grover Beach costs around 8.4 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

14.7% of Grover Beach workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 32% in Grover Beach, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Grover Beach from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
13,600
Grover Beach · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$86,458
-3% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$727,500
+76% vs avg
Median Age (place)
40.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (San Luis Obispo County): Grover Beach's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
282K+3%
Median Income
$97,446+66%
Median Home Value
$824,700+93%
Poverty Rate
12.9%-10%
Unemployment
5.5%-35%

Economics

Economics indicators for Grover Beach, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,061/mo
Poverty Rate
11.8% -5% vs avg
Unemployment 4.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 28.7%
Work From Home 14.7%
Public Transit 0.6%

Population

White 62.4%
African American 1.4%
Asian 2.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
32.9%
Short Sleep Duration
32%
Obesity
29.1%
Physical Inactivity
24.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.1%
Binge Drinking
16%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.2%
Current Smoking
13.8%
Diabetes
11.3%
Current Asthma
10.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 66.5%
Annual Checkup 70.9%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
10.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.4%
Stroke
3.6%

What alerts and safety updates affect Grover Beach?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Grover Beach right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-GROVER-BEACH · Grover Beach

Grover Beach: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Grover Beach, CA? ▼
Grover Beach, CA has a population of 13,600 people, located in San Luis Obispo County, California.
What is the median household income in Grover Beach? ▼
The median household income in Grover Beach, CA is $86,458 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 11.8%.
What is the median home value in Grover Beach? ▼
The median home value in Grover Beach, CA is $727,500. Median rent is $2,061/month.
What are the top health concerns in Grover Beach? ▼
The top health indicators in Grover Beach include High Blood Pressure (32.9%), Short Sleep Duration (32%), Obesity (29.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Grover Beach? ▼
The median age in Grover Beach, CA is 40.5 years. 28.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Grover Beach, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (11.8% here).

Spring Hill, FL 11.8% Evanston, IL 11.8% Missoula, MT 11.8% Grand Junction, CO 11.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($86,458 here).

Holt, MI $86,472 Maryland Heights, MO $86,436 Taylorsville, UT $86,413 Fitchburg, WI $86,516

Compare Grover Beach with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Arroyo Grande, CA 18K Nipomo, CA 17K San Luis Obispo, CA 47K Santa Maria, CA 105K Los Osos, CA 14K Orcutt, CA 29K Morro Bay, CA 11K Atascadero, CA 30K
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Using Grover Beach's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Grover Beach area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Grover Beach against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (San Luis Obispo County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.