Arroyo Grande vs El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)

A side-by-side comparison of Arroyo Grande and El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles): population, income, housing, and more.

Arroyo Grande and El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) has the higher population (31,399 vs 18,412 in Arroyo Grande). Arroyo Grande has the higher median household income ($103,258 vs $93,098 in El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)). Arroyo Grande has the higher median home value ($758,100 vs $648,400 in El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)).

Population, income & housing

	Arroyo Grande	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)
Population	18,412	31,399
Median age	45.2 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$103,258	$93,098
Median home value	$758,100	$648,400
Median gross rent	$1,890	$1,947
Housing units	8,198	12,688
Homeownership rate	62.3%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.5%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arroyo Grande	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)
Population	18,033 → 18,412 (+2.1%)	31,822 → 31,399 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$80,833 → $103,258 (+27.7%)	$62,601 → $93,098 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$591,800 → $758,100 (+28.1%)	$456,000 → $648,400 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,459 → $1,890 (+29.5%)	$1,252 → $1,947 (+55.5%)

Arroyo Grande

Population

18,03318,412

Median household income

$80,833$103,258

Median home value

$591,800$758,100

Median gross rent

$1,459$1,890

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)

Population

31,82231,399

Median household income

$62,601$93,098

Median home value

$456,000$648,400

Median gross rent

$1,252$1,947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arroyo Grande	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)
Under 5	4.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	13.6%	11.9%
75 and over	12.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arroyo Grande	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	53.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	3.7%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	36.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arroyo Grande	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)
No high school diploma	5.2%	11.3%
High school graduate	15.5%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arroyo Grande	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)
Drove alone	70.7%	73.7%
Carpooled	11.6%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.5%	9.2%
Other means	1.2%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arroyo Grande	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)
1-unit, detached	63.7%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	7.1%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Arroyo Grande	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)
Poverty rate	4.6%	12.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1979	1986