Cambria vs Oceano

A side-by-side comparison of Cambria and Oceano: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oceano has the higher population (7,098 vs 6,038 in Cambria). Cambria has the higher median household income ($89,049 vs $69,448 in Oceano). Cambria has the higher median home value ($868,400 vs $518,500 in Oceano).

Population, income & housing

	Cambria	Oceano
Population	6,038	7,098
Median age	61.4 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$89,049	$69,448
Median home value	$868,400	$518,500
Median gross rent	$1,923	$1,424
Housing units	4,119	3,503
Homeownership rate	77.5%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambria	Oceano
Population	5,647 → 6,038 (+6.9%)	7,487 → 7,098 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $89,049 (+27.2%)	$67,742 → $69,448 (+2.5%)
Median home value	$664,000 → $868,400 (+30.8%)	$392,000 → $518,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,468 → $1,923 (+31.0%)	$1,250 → $1,424 (+13.9%)

Cambria

Population

5,6476,038

Median household income

$70,000$89,049

Median home value

$664,000$868,400

Median gross rent

$1,468$1,923

Oceano

Population

7,4877,098

Median household income

$67,742$69,448

Median home value

$392,000$518,500

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,424

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambria	Oceano
Under 5	2.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	11.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	3.3%	4.6%
25 to 34	3.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	8.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	26.2%	12.8%
75 and over	18.4%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambria	Oceano
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	51.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	28.6%	42.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambria	Oceano
No high school diploma	7.3%	20.1%
High school graduate	15.3%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambria	Oceano
Drove alone	63.8%	73.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	10.4%
Public transit	0.4%	1.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	22.3%	11.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambria	Oceano
1-unit, detached	91.6%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Cambria	Oceano
Poverty rate	9.8%	17.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1984	1978