Grover Beach vs Pismo Beach

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

Grover Beach and Pismo Beach 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 8,024 in Pismo Beach). Pismo Beach has the higher median household income ($112,913 vs $82,534 in Grover Beach). Pismo Beach has the higher median home value ($992,900 vs $691,900 in Grover Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Grover Beach	Pismo Beach
Population	12,687	8,024
Median age	40.5 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,534	$112,913
Median home value	$691,900	$992,900
Median gross rent	$1,921	$2,298
Housing units	5,757	6,060
Homeownership rate	55.4%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grover Beach	Pismo Beach
Population	13,535 → 12,687 (-6.3%)	8,180 → 8,024 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$64,217 → $82,534 (+28.5%)	$84,484 → $112,913 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$493,700 → $691,900 (+40.1%)	$768,600 → $992,900 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,481 → $1,921 (+29.7%)	$1,774 → $2,298 (+29.5%)

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

Pismo Beach

Population

8,1808,024

Median household income

$84,484$112,913

Median home value

$768,600$992,900

Median gross rent

$1,774$2,298

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grover Beach	Pismo Beach
Under 5	4.5%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	8.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	17.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	18.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	17.7%
75 and over	6.4%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grover Beach	Pismo Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	79.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	2.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	37.9%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grover Beach	Pismo Beach
No high school diploma	16.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	26.8%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grover Beach	Pismo Beach
Drove alone	72.6%	71.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.8%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.9%
Worked from home	13.3%	16.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grover Beach	Pismo Beach
1-unit, detached	61.8%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Grover Beach	Pismo Beach
Poverty rate	12.7%	8.1%
Average household size	2.54	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1977	1986