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Paso RoblesCA

Paso Robles, CA is a 27K-resident city in San Luis Obispo County with a median household income of $92,228.

San Luis Obispo County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Paso Robles, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Paso Robles has a population larger than 59% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $687,200.

Data updated 2026-09-04

27K
Population (place)
Top 41%
By size
$92,228
Median income (place)
$687,200
Median home (place)
13.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Paso Robles

Paso Robles posts a median household income higher than 63% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 37%
by median income, US cities

Where Paso Robles income ranks nationally

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

$92,228 Top 37% higher than 63% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Paso Robles $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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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 Paso Robles, CA beyond the headline numbers

Paso Robles sits inside San Luis Obispo County, California, at roughly 35.63°N, -120.69°W. Population 27,157, $92,228 median household income. Median home value $687,200, median rent $1,981. Poverty rate 13.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Paso Robles, CA stands at 13.1%, 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 Paso Robles costs around 7.5 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.

Remote work covers 11.4% of Paso Robles workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 32.5% in Paso Robles, 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 Paso Robles 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)
27,157
Paso Robles · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$92,228
+3% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$687,200
+66% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (San Luis Obispo County): Paso Robles'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 Paso Robles, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,981/mo
Poverty Rate
13.1% +6% vs avg
Unemployment 6.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 29.7%
Work From Home 11.4%
Public Transit 1.1%

Population

White 60.3%
African American 0.4%
Asian 3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
32.6%
Short Sleep Duration
32.5%
Obesity
28.9%
Physical Inactivity
23.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.3%
Binge Drinking
15.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.4%
Current Smoking
12.1%
Diabetes
10.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
10.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 64.6%
Annual Checkup 71.6%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.3%
Stroke
3.4%

What alerts and safety updates affect Paso Robles?

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

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Sheet CA-PASO-ROBLES · Paso Robles

Paso Robles: 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

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Paso Robles; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Paso Robles, CA? ▼
Paso Robles, CA has a population of 27,157 people, located in San Luis Obispo County, California.
What is the median household income in Paso Robles? ▼
The median household income in Paso Robles, CA is $92,228 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 13.1%.
What is the median home value in Paso Robles? ▼
The median home value in Paso Robles, CA is $687,200. Median rent is $1,981/month.
What are the top health concerns in Paso Robles? ▼
The top health indicators in Paso Robles include High Blood Pressure (32.6%), Short Sleep Duration (32.5%), Obesity (28.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Paso Robles? ▼
The median age in Paso Robles, CA is 38.7 years. 29.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (13.1% here).

Fort Worth, TX 13.1% Largo, FL 13.1% Decatur, AL 13.1% Wheaton, MD 13.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($92,228 here).

Port Chester, NY $92,222 Saco, ME $92,241 West Valley City, UT $92,209 Joliet, IL $92,201

Compare Paso Robles with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Atascadero, CA 30K Morro Bay, CA 11K San Luis Obispo, CA 47K Los Osos, CA 14K Grover Beach, CA 14K Arroyo Grande, CA 18K Coalinga, CA 17K Nipomo, CA 17K
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Using Paso Robles'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 Paso Robles area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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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.