Arroyo Grande vs Los Osos

A side-by-side comparison of Arroyo Grande and Los Osos: population, income, housing, and more.

Arroyo Grande and Los Osos are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arroyo Grande has the higher population (18,412 vs 15,048 in Los Osos). Los Osos has the higher median household income ($103,504 vs $103,258 in Arroyo Grande). Arroyo Grande has the higher median home value ($758,100 vs $728,000 in Los Osos).

Population, income & housing

	Arroyo Grande	Los Osos
Population	18,412	15,048
Median age	45.2 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$103,258	$103,504
Median home value	$758,100	$728,000
Median gross rent	$1,890	$1,909
Housing units	8,198	6,571
Homeownership rate	62.3%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.5%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arroyo Grande	Los Osos
Population	18,033 → 18,412 (+2.1%)	16,533 → 15,048 (-9.0%)
Median household income	$80,833 → $103,258 (+27.7%)	$77,807 → $103,504 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$591,800 → $758,100 (+28.1%)	$551,500 → $728,000 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,459 → $1,890 (+29.5%)	$1,520 → $1,909 (+25.6%)

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

Los Osos

Population

16,53315,048

Median household income

$77,807$103,504

Median home value

$551,500$728,000

Median gross rent

$1,520$1,909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arroyo Grande	Los Osos
Under 5	4.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.6%	16.6%
75 and over	12.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arroyo Grande	Los Osos
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	3.7%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arroyo Grande	Los Osos
No high school diploma	5.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	15.5%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arroyo Grande	Los Osos
Drove alone	70.7%	69.4%
Carpooled	11.6%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.1%	4.0%
Bicycle	2.9%	1.2%
Worked from home	11.5%	15.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arroyo Grande	Los Osos
1-unit, detached	63.7%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Arroyo Grande	Los Osos
Poverty rate	4.6%	8.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1979	1976