Grover Beach vs Morro Bay

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

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

Grover Beach has the higher population (12,687 vs 10,717 in Morro Bay). Morro Bay has the higher median household income ($92,553 vs $82,534 in Grover Beach). Morro Bay has the higher median home value ($864,900 vs $691,900 in Grover Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Grover Beach	Morro Bay
Population	12,687	10,717
Median age	40.5 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,534	$92,553
Median home value	$691,900	$864,900
Median gross rent	$1,921	$1,820
Housing units	5,757	6,271
Homeownership rate	55.4%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	46.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grover Beach	Morro Bay
Population	13,535 → 12,687 (-6.3%)	10,578 → 10,717 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$64,217 → $82,534 (+28.5%)	$68,262 → $92,553 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$493,700 → $691,900 (+40.1%)	$607,300 → $864,900 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,481 → $1,921 (+29.7%)	$1,560 → $1,820 (+16.7%)

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

Morro Bay

Population

10,57810,717

Median household income

$68,262$92,553

Median home value

$607,300$864,900

Median gross rent

$1,560$1,820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grover Beach	Morro Bay
Under 5	4.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	8.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	17.5%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	17.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	17.4%
75 and over	6.4%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grover Beach	Morro Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	77.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	2.1%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	2.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	37.9%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grover Beach	Morro Bay
No high school diploma	16.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	26.8%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grover Beach	Morro Bay
Drove alone	72.6%	73.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.1%
Public transit	2.3%	0.3%
Walked	3.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.3%	15.0%
Other means	1.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grover Beach	Morro Bay
1-unit, detached	61.8%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Grover Beach	Morro Bay
Poverty rate	12.7%	9.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1977	1974