Atascadero vs Los Osos

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

Atascadero and Los Osos 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 15,048 in Los Osos). Los Osos has the higher median household income ($103,504 vs $88,830 in Atascadero). Los Osos has the higher median home value ($728,000 vs $673,400 in Atascadero).

Population, income & housing

	Atascadero	Los Osos
Population	29,735	15,048
Median age	40.5 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,830	$103,504
Median home value	$673,400	$728,000
Median gross rent	$1,855	$1,909
Housing units	12,090	6,571
Homeownership rate	62.5%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atascadero	Los Osos
Population	30,130 → 29,735 (-1.3%)	16,533 → 15,048 (-9.0%)
Median household income	$79,658 → $88,830 (+11.5%)	$77,807 → $103,504 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$493,200 → $673,400 (+36.5%)	$551,500 → $728,000 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,415 → $1,855 (+31.1%)	$1,520 → $1,909 (+25.6%)

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

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)

	Atascadero	Los Osos
Under 5	4.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	12.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	16.6%
75 and over	6.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atascadero	Los Osos
White (non-Hispanic)	66.9%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atascadero	Los Osos
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	21.0%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atascadero	Los Osos
Drove alone	76.2%	69.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	8.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.3%
Walked	2.8%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	12.4%	15.7%
Other means	0.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atascadero	Los Osos
1-unit, detached	70.0%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	1.6%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Atascadero	Los Osos
Poverty rate	9.9%	8.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1982	1976