Cayucos vs Los Ranchos

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

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

Cayucos has the higher population (2,517 vs 1,521 in Los Ranchos). Los Ranchos has the higher median household income ($146,667 vs $82,778 in Cayucos). Los Ranchos has the higher median home value ($1,231,000 vs $947,000 in Cayucos).

Population, income & housing

	Cayucos	Los Ranchos
Population	2,517	1,521
Median age	60.1 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,778	$146,667
Median home value	$947,000	$1,231,000
Median gross rent	$1,551	—
Housing units	2,394	655
Homeownership rate	57.1%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	68.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cayucos	Los Ranchos
Population	2,630 → 2,517 (-4.3%)	1,639 → 1,521 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$64,246 → $82,778 (+28.8%)	$180,875 → $146,667 (-18.9%)
Median home value	$770,100 → $947,000 (+23.0%)	$992,100 → $1,231,000 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,257 → $1,551 (+23.4%)	—

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

Los Ranchos

Population

1,6391,521

Median household income

$180,875$146,667

Median home value

$992,100$1,231,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cayucos	Los Ranchos
Under 5	1.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	4.3%	23.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	3.5%
35 to 44	7.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	23.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	24.2%	14.5%
75 and over	11.4%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cayucos	Los Ranchos
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cayucos	Los Ranchos
No high school diploma	3.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	15.6%	4.0%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	37.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cayucos	Los Ranchos
Drove alone	72.1%	83.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cayucos	Los Ranchos
1-unit, detached	81.2%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Cayucos	Los Ranchos
Poverty rate	6.0%	0.4%
Average household size	1.92	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	37	17
Median year structure built	1973	1982