Cayucos vs San Miguel

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

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

San Miguel has the higher population (2,956 vs 2,517 in Cayucos). Cayucos has the higher median household income ($82,778 vs $76,563 in San Miguel). Cayucos has the higher median home value ($947,000 vs $453,000 in San Miguel).

Population, income & housing

	Cayucos	San Miguel
Population	2,517	2,956
Median age	60.1 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,778	$76,563
Median home value	$947,000	$453,000
Median gross rent	$1,551	$1,810
Housing units	2,394	813
Homeownership rate	57.1%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cayucos	San Miguel
Population	2,630 → 2,517 (-4.3%)	2,906 → 2,956 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$64,246 → $82,778 (+28.8%)	$64,044 → $76,563 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$770,100 → $947,000 (+23.0%)	$330,100 → $453,000 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,257 → $1,551 (+23.4%)	$1,639 → $1,810 (+10.4%)

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

San Miguel

Population

2,9062,956

Median household income

$64,044$76,563

Median home value

$330,100$453,000

Median gross rent

$1,639$1,810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cayucos	San Miguel
Under 5	1.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	4.3%	29.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	12.2%
25 to 34	7.2%	14.9%
35 to 44	7.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	23.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	24.2%	4.1%
75 and over	11.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cayucos	San Miguel
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	18.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	79.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cayucos	San Miguel
No high school diploma	3.8%	32.5%
High school graduate	15.6%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cayucos	San Miguel
Drove alone	72.1%	64.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	30.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cayucos	San Miguel
1-unit, detached	81.2%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cayucos	San Miguel
Poverty rate	6.0%	23.1%
Average household size	1.92	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	37	23
Median year structure built	1973	2003