Atascadero vs Nipomo

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

Atascadero and Nipomo 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 17,266 in Nipomo). Nipomo has the higher median household income ($102,382 vs $88,830 in Atascadero). Nipomo has the higher median home value ($674,100 vs $673,400 in Atascadero).

Population, income & housing

	Atascadero	Nipomo
Population	29,735	17,266
Median age	40.5 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,830	$102,382
Median home value	$673,400	$674,100
Median gross rent	$1,855	$1,956
Housing units	12,090	6,027
Homeownership rate	62.5%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atascadero	Nipomo
Population	30,130 → 29,735 (-1.3%)	17,601 → 17,266 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$79,658 → $88,830 (+11.5%)	$82,543 → $102,382 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$493,200 → $673,400 (+36.5%)	$537,700 → $674,100 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,415 → $1,855 (+31.1%)	$1,488 → $1,956 (+31.5%)

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

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)

	Atascadero	Nipomo
Under 5	4.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.4%
75 and over	6.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atascadero	Nipomo
White (non-Hispanic)	66.9%	39.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	2.1%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	52.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atascadero	Nipomo
No high school diploma	7.2%	16.5%
High school graduate	21.0%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atascadero	Nipomo
Drove alone	76.2%	79.3%
Carpooled	7.2%	9.6%
Public transit	0.9%	1.0%
Walked	2.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.4%	6.7%
Other means	0.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atascadero	Nipomo
1-unit, detached	70.0%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	2.5%
20 or more units	5.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Atascadero	Nipomo
Poverty rate	9.9%	5.8%
Average household size	2.54	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1982	1988