Morro Bay vs Nipomo

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

Morro Bay 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 10,717 in Morro Bay). Nipomo has the higher median household income ($102,382 vs $92,553 in Morro Bay). Morro Bay has the higher median home value ($864,900 vs $674,100 in Nipomo).

Population, income & housing

	Morro Bay	Nipomo
Population	10,717	17,266
Median age	52.9 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$92,553	$102,382
Median home value	$864,900	$674,100
Median gross rent	$1,820	$1,956
Housing units	6,271	6,027
Homeownership rate	60.5%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morro Bay	Nipomo
Population	10,578 → 10,717 (+1.3%)	17,601 → 17,266 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$68,262 → $92,553 (+35.6%)	$82,543 → $102,382 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$607,300 → $864,900 (+42.4%)	$537,700 → $674,100 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,560 → $1,820 (+16.7%)	$1,488 → $1,956 (+31.5%)

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

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)

	Morro Bay	Nipomo
Under 5	3.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	8.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	7.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	17.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	17.4%	11.4%
75 and over	13.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morro Bay	Nipomo
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	39.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	5.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	2.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	52.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morro Bay	Nipomo
No high school diploma	6.1%	16.5%
High school graduate	12.6%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morro Bay	Nipomo
Drove alone	73.7%	79.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.6%
Public transit	0.3%	1.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.0%	6.7%
Other means	2.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morro Bay	Nipomo
1-unit, detached	71.2%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.5%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Morro Bay	Nipomo
Poverty rate	9.9%	5.8%
Average household size	2.11	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1974	1988