Grover Beach vs Los Osos

A side-by-side comparison of Grover Beach and Los Osos: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Los Osos has the higher population (15,048 vs 12,687 in Grover Beach). Los Osos has the higher median household income ($103,504 vs $82,534 in Grover Beach). Los Osos has the higher median home value ($728,000 vs $691,900 in Grover Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Grover Beach	Los Osos
Population	12,687	15,048
Median age	40.5 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,534	$103,504
Median home value	$691,900	$728,000
Median gross rent	$1,921	$1,909
Housing units	5,757	6,571
Homeownership rate	55.4%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grover Beach	Los Osos
Population	13,535 → 12,687 (-6.3%)	16,533 → 15,048 (-9.0%)
Median household income	$64,217 → $82,534 (+28.5%)	$77,807 → $103,504 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$493,700 → $691,900 (+40.1%)	$551,500 → $728,000 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,481 → $1,921 (+29.7%)	$1,520 → $1,909 (+25.6%)

Grover Beach

Population

13,53512,687

Median household income

$64,217$82,534

Median home value

$493,700$691,900

Median gross rent

$1,481$1,921

Los Osos

Population

16,53315,048

Median household income

$77,807$103,504

Median home value

$551,500$728,000

Median gross rent

$1,520$1,909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grover Beach	Los Osos
Under 5	4.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	17.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	16.6%
75 and over	6.4%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grover Beach	Los Osos
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	72.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	37.9%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grover Beach	Los Osos
No high school diploma	16.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	26.8%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grover Beach	Los Osos
Drove alone	72.6%	69.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.0%
Public transit	2.3%	0.3%
Walked	3.1%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	13.3%	15.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grover Beach	Los Osos
1-unit, detached	61.8%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Grover Beach	Los Osos
Poverty rate	12.7%	8.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1977	1976