Atascadero vs Grover Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Atascadero and Grover Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Atascadero and Grover Beach are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Atascadero has the higher population (29,735 vs 12,687 in Grover Beach). Atascadero has the higher median household income ($88,830 vs $82,534 in Grover Beach). Grover Beach has the higher median home value ($691,900 vs $673,400 in Atascadero).

Population, income & housing

	Atascadero	Grover Beach
Population	29,735	12,687
Median age	40.5 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,830	$82,534
Median home value	$673,400	$691,900
Median gross rent	$1,855	$1,921
Housing units	12,090	5,757
Homeownership rate	62.5%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atascadero	Grover Beach
Population	30,130 → 29,735 (-1.3%)	13,535 → 12,687 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$79,658 → $88,830 (+11.5%)	$64,217 → $82,534 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$493,200 → $673,400 (+36.5%)	$493,700 → $691,900 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,415 → $1,855 (+31.1%)	$1,481 → $1,921 (+29.7%)

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

Grover Beach

Population

13,53512,687

Median household income

$64,217$82,534

Median home value

$493,700$691,900

Median gross rent

$1,481$1,921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atascadero	Grover Beach
Under 5	4.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	17.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.4%
75 and over	6.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atascadero	Grover Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	66.9%	55.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	37.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atascadero	Grover Beach
No high school diploma	7.2%	16.9%
High school graduate	21.0%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atascadero	Grover Beach
Drove alone	76.2%	72.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.9%	2.3%
Walked	2.8%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.4%	13.3%
Other means	0.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atascadero	Grover Beach
1-unit, detached	70.0%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	4.1%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Atascadero	Grover Beach
Poverty rate	9.9%	12.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1982	1977