Atascadero vs El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)

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

Atascadero 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 29,735 in Atascadero). El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) has the higher median household income ($93,098 vs $88,830 in Atascadero). Atascadero has the higher median home value ($673,400 vs $648,400 in El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)).

Population, income & housing

	Atascadero	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)
Population	29,735	31,399
Median age	40.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,830	$93,098
Median home value	$673,400	$648,400
Median gross rent	$1,855	$1,947
Housing units	12,090	12,688
Homeownership rate	62.5%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atascadero	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)
Population	30,130 → 29,735 (-1.3%)	31,822 → 31,399 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$79,658 → $88,830 (+11.5%)	$62,601 → $93,098 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$493,200 → $673,400 (+36.5%)	$456,000 → $648,400 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,415 → $1,855 (+31.1%)	$1,252 → $1,947 (+55.5%)

Atascadero

Population

30,13029,735

Median household income

$79,658$88,830

Median home value

$493,200$673,400

Median gross rent

$1,415$1,855

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)

	Atascadero	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)
Under 5	4.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.9%
75 and over	6.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atascadero	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)
White (non-Hispanic)	66.9%	53.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	2.1%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	36.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atascadero	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)
No high school diploma	7.2%	11.3%
High school graduate	21.0%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atascadero	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)
Drove alone	76.2%	73.7%
Carpooled	7.2%	10.6%
Public transit	0.9%	1.2%
Walked	2.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.4%	9.2%
Other means	0.3%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atascadero	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)
1-unit, detached	70.0%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	8.9%
20 or more units	5.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Atascadero	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)
Poverty rate	9.9%	12.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1982	1986