Cambria vs Pismo Beach

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

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

Pismo Beach has the higher population (8,024 vs 6,038 in Cambria). Pismo Beach has the higher median household income ($112,913 vs $89,049 in Cambria). Pismo Beach has the higher median home value ($992,900 vs $868,400 in Cambria).

Population, income & housing

	Cambria	Pismo Beach
Population	6,038	8,024
Median age	61.4 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$89,049	$112,913
Median home value	$868,400	$992,900
Median gross rent	$1,923	$2,298
Housing units	4,119	6,060
Homeownership rate	77.5%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambria	Pismo Beach
Population	5,647 → 6,038 (+6.9%)	8,180 → 8,024 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $89,049 (+27.2%)	$84,484 → $112,913 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$664,000 → $868,400 (+30.8%)	$768,600 → $992,900 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,468 → $1,923 (+31.0%)	$1,774 → $2,298 (+29.5%)

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

Pismo Beach

Population

8,1808,024

Median household income

$84,484$112,913

Median home value

$768,600$992,900

Median gross rent

$1,774$2,298

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambria	Pismo Beach
Under 5	2.7%	2.5%
5 to 17	11.8%	8.5%
18 to 24	3.3%	3.3%
25 to 34	3.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	18.4%
65 to 74	26.2%	17.7%
75 and over	18.4%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambria	Pismo Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.1%
Some other race	2.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	28.6%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambria	Pismo Beach
No high school diploma	7.3%	2.4%
High school graduate	15.3%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambria	Pismo Beach
Drove alone	63.8%	71.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.9%
Worked from home	22.3%	16.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambria	Pismo Beach
1-unit, detached	91.6%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Cambria	Pismo Beach
Poverty rate	9.8%	8.1%
Average household size	2.11	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1984	1986