Los Osos vs Templeton

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

Los Osos and Templeton 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 8,608 in Templeton). Templeton has the higher median household income ($114,155 vs $103,504 in Los Osos). Templeton has the higher median home value ($782,700 vs $728,000 in Los Osos).

Population, income & housing

	Los Osos	Templeton
Population	15,048	8,608
Median age	47.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$103,504	$114,155
Median home value	$728,000	$782,700
Median gross rent	$1,909	$2,399
Housing units	6,571	3,417
Homeownership rate	69.7%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Osos	Templeton
Population	16,533 → 15,048 (-9.0%)	7,838 → 8,608 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$77,807 → $103,504 (+33.0%)	$82,237 → $114,155 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$551,500 → $728,000 (+32.0%)	$528,400 → $782,700 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,520 → $1,909 (+25.6%)	$1,241 → $2,399 (+93.3%)

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

Templeton

Population

7,8388,608

Median household income

$82,237$114,155

Median home value

$528,400$782,700

Median gross rent

$1,241$2,399

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Los Osos	Templeton
Under 5	6.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.6%	21.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	16.6%	10.4%
75 and over	10.0%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Osos	Templeton
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.0%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Osos	Templeton
No high school diploma	5.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	12.6%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Osos	Templeton
Drove alone	69.4%	80.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	9.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Osos	Templeton
1-unit, detached	78.4%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Los Osos	Templeton
Poverty rate	8.4%	4.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1976	1997