Los Osos vs Nipomo

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

Los Osos 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 15,048 in Los Osos). Los Osos has the higher median household income ($103,504 vs $102,382 in Nipomo). Los Osos has the higher median home value ($728,000 vs $674,100 in Nipomo).

Population, income & housing

	Los Osos	Nipomo
Population	15,048	17,266
Median age	47.3 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$103,504	$102,382
Median home value	$728,000	$674,100
Median gross rent	$1,909	$1,956
Housing units	6,571	6,027
Homeownership rate	69.7%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Osos	Nipomo
Population	16,533 → 15,048 (-9.0%)	17,601 → 17,266 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$77,807 → $103,504 (+33.0%)	$82,543 → $102,382 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$551,500 → $728,000 (+32.0%)	$537,700 → $674,100 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,520 → $1,909 (+25.6%)	$1,488 → $1,956 (+31.5%)

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

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)

	Los Osos	Nipomo
Under 5	6.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.6%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	16.6%	11.4%
75 and over	10.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Osos	Nipomo
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	39.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	3.8%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.0%	52.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Osos	Nipomo
No high school diploma	5.7%	16.5%
High school graduate	12.6%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Osos	Nipomo
Drove alone	69.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	8.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.3%	1.0%
Walked	4.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.7%	6.7%
Other means	1.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Osos	Nipomo
1-unit, detached	78.4%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Los Osos	Nipomo
Poverty rate	8.4%	5.8%
Average household size	2.40	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1976	1988