Arroyo Grande vs Nipomo

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

Arroyo Grande and Nipomo 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 17,266 in Nipomo). Arroyo Grande has the higher median household income ($103,258 vs $102,382 in Nipomo). Arroyo Grande has the higher median home value ($758,100 vs $674,100 in Nipomo).

Population, income & housing

	Arroyo Grande	Nipomo
Population	18,412	17,266
Median age	45.2 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$103,258	$102,382
Median home value	$758,100	$674,100
Median gross rent	$1,890	$1,956
Housing units	8,198	6,027
Homeownership rate	62.3%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.5%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arroyo Grande	Nipomo
Population	18,033 → 18,412 (+2.1%)	17,601 → 17,266 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$80,833 → $103,258 (+27.7%)	$82,543 → $102,382 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$591,800 → $758,100 (+28.1%)	$537,700 → $674,100 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,459 → $1,890 (+29.5%)	$1,488 → $1,956 (+31.5%)

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

Nipomo

Population

17,60117,266

Median household income

$82,543$102,382

Median home value

$537,700$674,100

Median gross rent

$1,488$1,956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arroyo Grande	Nipomo
Under 5	4.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	11.4%
75 and over	12.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arroyo Grande	Nipomo
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	39.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	3.7%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	52.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arroyo Grande	Nipomo
No high school diploma	5.2%	16.5%
High school graduate	15.5%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arroyo Grande	Nipomo
Drove alone	70.7%	79.3%
Carpooled	11.6%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.5%	6.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arroyo Grande	Nipomo
1-unit, detached	63.7%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	7.1%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Arroyo Grande	Nipomo
Poverty rate	4.6%	5.8%
Average household size	2.36	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1979	1988