Callender vs Cayucos

A side-by-side comparison of Callender and Cayucos: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Callender has the higher population (2,764 vs 2,517 in Cayucos). Callender has the higher median household income ($136,458 vs $82,778 in Cayucos). Callender has the higher median home value ($1,020,400 vs $947,000 in Cayucos).

Population, income & housing

	Callender	Cayucos
Population	2,764	2,517
Median age	36.5 yrs	60.1 yrs
Median household income	$136,458	$82,778
Median home value	$1,020,400	$947,000
Median gross rent	$2,439	$1,551
Housing units	1,010	2,394
Homeownership rate	55.8%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Callender	Cayucos
Population	1,215 → 2,764 (+127.5%)	2,630 → 2,517 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$85,769 → $136,458 (+59.1%)	$64,246 → $82,778 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$683,000 → $1,020,400 (+49.4%)	$770,100 → $947,000 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,459 → $2,439 (+67.2%)	$1,257 → $1,551 (+23.4%)

Callender

Population

1,2152,764

Median household income

$85,769$136,458

Median home value

$683,000$1,020,400

Median gross rent

$1,459$2,439

Cayucos

Population

2,6302,517

Median household income

$64,246$82,778

Median home value

$770,100$947,000

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,551

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Callender	Cayucos
Under 5	18.1%	1.2%
5 to 17	10.3%	4.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	7.2%
35 to 44	17.7%	7.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.7%
55 to 64	7.4%	23.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	24.2%
75 and over	6.8%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Callender	Cayucos
White (non-Hispanic)	49.4%	75.4%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	8.2%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	32.4%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Callender	Cayucos
No high school diploma	7.2%	3.8%
High school graduate	28.6%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Callender	Cayucos
Drove alone	88.1%	72.1%
Carpooled	3.7%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	2.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	19.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Callender	Cayucos
1-unit, detached	92.2%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Callender	Cayucos
Poverty rate	20.6%	6.0%
Average household size	2.90	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	20	37
Median year structure built	1987	1973