Housing density: 1,435 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $872,102.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,829 (lower quartile is $1,293, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,797
Median gross rent in Arroyo Grande, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Arroyo Grande with a mortgage: 3,058 (391 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 400 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 93
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $129,430
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $76,739
Median monthly housing costs: $1,967
Compare current foreclosures near Arroyo Grande, CA:
Size of family households: 2,613 2-persons, 1,045 3-persons, 837 4-persons, 333 5-persons, 189 6-persons, 70 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,176 1-person, 273 2-persons, 69 3-persons.
2,505 married couples with children.
642 single-parent households (235 men, 407 women).
92.2% of residents of Arroyo Grande speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (76% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 1,216 (6.6%)
(81.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 85.8% Number of people working at home: 1,149 (13.1% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 274
5 to 9 minutes: 1,205
10 to 14 minutes: 1,400
15 to 19 minutes: 1,026
20 to 24 minutes: 1,221
25 to 29 minutes: 476
30 to 34 minutes: 998
35 to 39 minutes: 89
40 to 44 minutes: 85
45 to 59 minutes: 506
60 to 89 minutes: 31
90 or more minutes: 212
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 4,650 (72.1%)
Carpooled: 466 (7.2%)
Taxi: 42 (0.7%)
Bicycle: 35 (0.5%)
Walked: 177 (2.7%)
Worked at home: 1,149 (17.8%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
0.3%Males
3.0%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
6.9%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
5.2%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
2.9%Males
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
2.9%Males
1.5%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Arroyo Grande, California
1412010 or later
1722000 to 2009
2121990 to 1999
2561980 to 1989
1831970 to 1979
316Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
English: 735 (11.5%)
German: 632 (9.9%)
Italian: 514 (8.0%)
Irish: 334 (5.2%)
American: 330 (5.2%)
European: 247 (3.9%)
Norwegian: 185 (2.9%)
Scottish: 98 (1.5%)
Finnish: 97 (1.5%)
Polish: 90 (1.4%)
Swedish: 80 (1.3%)
Northern European: 78 (1.2%)
Portuguese: 65 (1.0%)
Canadian: 59 (0.9%)
Danish: 40 (0.6%)
Belizean: 38 (0.6%)
Russian: 36 (0.6%)
Egyptian: 35 (0.5%)
Swiss: 34 (0.5%)
Scotch-Irish: 29 (0.5%)
Armenian: 27 (0.4%)
Bulgarian: 24 (0.4%)
Iranian: 20 (0.3%)
Welsh: 18 (0.3%)
Basque: 16 (0.3%)
Czech: 16 (0.3%)
French: 16 (0.3%)
Eastern European: 15 (0.2%)
Austrian: 14 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 14 (0.2%)
Belgian: 12 (0.2%)
British: 8 (0.1%)
Dutch: 8 (0.1%)
Zimbabwean: 8 (0.1%)
Pennsylvania German: 1 (0.02%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Arroyo Grande:
15.3% (178)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Arroyo Grande:
11.6% (135)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Vietnam
Arroyo Grande:
9.2% (107)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Canada
Arroyo Grande:
7.7% (90)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
Philippines
Arroyo Grande:
6.5% (76)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Bulgaria
Arroyo Grande:
6.0% (70)
California:
0.1% (9,442)
India
Arroyo Grande:
5.0% (58)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
Peru
Arroyo Grande:
4.8% (56)
California:
0.7% (74,025)
France
Arroyo Grande:
4.6% (54)
California:
0.4% (40,224)
England
Arroyo Grande:
4.6% (53)
California:
0.6% (57,953)
Belize
Arroyo Grande:
3.2% (37)
California:
0.2% (15,693)
Germany
Arroyo Grande:
3.0% (35)
California:
0.7% (73,304)
Korea
Arroyo Grande:
2.3% (27)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Russia
Arroyo Grande:
2.1% (25)
California:
0.7% (71,932)
Iran
Arroyo Grande:
1.6% (19)
California:
2.0% (206,004)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 13,479
Other state: 3,513
Northeast: 777
Midwest: 1,019
South: 839
West: 855
88.2% of Arroyo Grande residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 47.1% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 93.0% lived in California.
Arroyo Grande:
88.2%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 133
Nursery to 4th grade: 23
5th and 6th grade: 8
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 91
10th grade: 21
11th grade: 31
12th grade, no diploma: 129
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,213
Less than 1 year of college: 384
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 945
Associate degree: 408
Bachelor's degree: 1,860
Master's degree: 449
Professional school degree: 118
Doctorate degree: 78
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 81
Nursery to 4th grade: 41
5th and 6th grade: 7
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 3
10th grade: 15
11th grade: 12
12th grade, no diploma: 85
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,209
Less than 1 year of college: 906
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,194
Associate degree: 738
Bachelor's degree: 2,132
Master's degree: 723
Professional school degree: 175
Doctorate degree: 108
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 5,424
One, attached: 796
Two: 108
3 or 4: 184
5 to 9: 235
10 to 19: 312
20 to 49: 201
50 or more: 347
Mobile homes: 526
Median worth of mobile homes: $408,302
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.4%
House/condo owner moved in on average 14 years ago