Grover Beach vs Nipomo

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

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

Nipomo has the higher population (17,266 vs 12,687 in Grover Beach). Nipomo has the higher median household income ($102,382 vs $82,534 in Grover Beach). Grover Beach has the higher median home value ($691,900 vs $674,100 in Nipomo).

Population, income & housing

	Grover Beach	Nipomo
Population	12,687	17,266
Median age	40.5 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,534	$102,382
Median home value	$691,900	$674,100
Median gross rent	$1,921	$1,956
Housing units	5,757	6,027
Homeownership rate	55.4%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grover Beach	Nipomo
Population	13,535 → 12,687 (-6.3%)	17,601 → 17,266 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$64,217 → $82,534 (+28.5%)	$82,543 → $102,382 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$493,700 → $691,900 (+40.1%)	$537,700 → $674,100 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,481 → $1,921 (+29.7%)	$1,488 → $1,956 (+31.5%)

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

Nipomo

Population

17,60117,266

Median household income

$82,543$102,382

Median home value

$537,700$674,100

Median gross rent

$1,488$1,956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grover Beach	Nipomo
Under 5	4.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	17.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.4%
75 and over	6.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grover Beach	Nipomo
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	39.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	2.1%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	37.9%	52.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grover Beach	Nipomo
No high school diploma	16.9%	16.5%
High school graduate	26.8%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grover Beach	Nipomo
Drove alone	72.6%	79.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	9.6%
Public transit	2.3%	1.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.3%	6.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grover Beach	Nipomo
1-unit, detached	61.8%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Grover Beach	Nipomo
Poverty rate	12.7%	5.8%
Average household size	2.54	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1977	1988