California Polytechnic State University vs Morro Bay

A side-by-side comparison of California Polytechnic State University and Morro Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

California Polytechnic State University and Morro Bay are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Morro Bay has the higher population (10,717 vs 7,529 in California Polytechnic State University). Morro Bay has the higher median home value ($864,900 vs $518,800 in California Polytechnic State University). Since 2019, Morro Bay's population has grown faster (+1.3% vs -2.4%).

Population, income & housing

	California Polytechnic State University	Morro Bay
Population	7,529	10,717
Median age	19.2 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$92,553
Median home value	$518,800	$864,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,820
Housing units	112	6,271
Homeownership rate	61.7%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.8%	46.4%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	California Polytechnic State University	Morro Bay
Population	7,713 → 7,529 (-2.4%)	10,578 → 10,717 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$166,500 → $183,750 (+10.4%)	$68,262 → $92,553 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$437,000 → $518,800 (+18.7%)	$607,300 → $864,900 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,560 → $1,820 (+16.7%)

California Polytechnic State University

Population

7,7137,529

Median household income

$166,500$183,750

Median home value

$437,000$518,800

Morro Bay

Population

10,57810,717

Median household income

$68,262$92,553

Median home value

$607,300$864,900

Median gross rent

$1,560$1,820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	California Polytechnic State University	Morro Bay
Under 5	0.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	1.6%	8.7%
18 to 24	96.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	0.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	0.3%	7.0%
45 to 54	0.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	0.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	0.1%	17.4%
75 and over	0.1%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	California Polytechnic State University	Morro Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	51.9%	77.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	16.6%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	22.9%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	California Polytechnic State University	Morro Bay
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	0.0%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	51.5%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	California Polytechnic State University	Morro Bay
Drove alone	16.0%	73.7%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	55.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	6.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.0%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	California Polytechnic State University	Morro Bay
1-unit, detached	0.0%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	17.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	62.5%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	3.5%
20 or more units	14.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	California Polytechnic State University	Morro Bay
Poverty rate	10.1%	9.9%
Average household size	2.65	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	—	1974