Avila Beach vs Shandon

A side-by-side comparison of Avila Beach and Shandon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Avila Beach has the higher population (1,365 vs 1,042 in Shandon). Avila Beach has the higher median household income ($185,363 vs $91,389 in Shandon). Avila Beach has the higher median home value ($1,247,300 vs $432,700 in Shandon).

Population, income & housing

	Avila Beach	Shandon
Population	1,365	1,042
Median age	59.7 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$185,363	$91,389
Median home value	$1,247,300	$432,700
Median gross rent	$2,177	—
Housing units	923	322
Homeownership rate	83.4%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.7%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avila Beach	Shandon
Population	1,311 → 1,365 (+4.1%)	1,085 → 1,042 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$80,281 → $185,363 (+130.9%)	$51,518 → $91,389 (+77.4%)
Median home value	$1,034,500 → $1,247,300 (+20.6%)	$290,900 → $432,700 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,507 → $2,177 (+44.5%)	$1,706 → $1,851 (+8.5%)

Avila Beach

Population

1,3111,365

Median household income

$80,281$185,363

Median home value

$1,034,500$1,247,300

Median gross rent

$1,507$2,177

Shandon

Population

1,0851,042

Median household income

$51,518$91,389

Median home value

$290,900$432,700

Median gross rent

$1,706$1,851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avila Beach	Shandon
Under 5	1.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	0.9%	24.9%
18 to 24	13.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	3.7%	23.5%
35 to 44	2.1%	14.8%
45 to 54	2.0%	7.9%
55 to 64	38.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	22.1%	6.6%
75 and over	15.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avila Beach	Shandon
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	32.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	58.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avila Beach	Shandon
No high school diploma	2.4%	23.0%
High school graduate	7.7%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	10.2%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	38.2%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avila Beach	Shandon
Drove alone	40.9%	92.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	50.8%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avila Beach	Shandon
1-unit, detached	63.7%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avila Beach	Shandon
Poverty rate	9.3%	2.5%
Average household size	2.12	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	13	31
Median year structure built	1999	1987