Oceano vs Pismo Beach

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

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

Pismo Beach has the higher population (8,024 vs 7,098 in Oceano). Pismo Beach has the higher median household income ($112,913 vs $69,448 in Oceano). Pismo Beach has the higher median home value ($992,900 vs $518,500 in Oceano).

Population, income & housing

	Oceano	Pismo Beach
Population	7,098	8,024
Median age	46.4 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,448	$112,913
Median home value	$518,500	$992,900
Median gross rent	$1,424	$2,298
Housing units	3,503	6,060
Homeownership rate	61.3%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oceano	Pismo Beach
Population	7,487 → 7,098 (-5.2%)	8,180 → 8,024 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$67,742 → $69,448 (+2.5%)	$84,484 → $112,913 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$392,000 → $518,500 (+32.3%)	$768,600 → $992,900 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,424 (+13.9%)	$1,774 → $2,298 (+29.5%)

Oceano

Population

7,4877,098

Median household income

$67,742$69,448

Median home value

$392,000$518,500

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,424

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)

	Oceano	Pismo Beach
Under 5	5.7%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	8.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	3.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.7%	18.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	17.7%
75 and over	14.4%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oceano	Pismo Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	51.6%	79.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	42.7%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oceano	Pismo Beach
No high school diploma	20.1%	2.4%
High school graduate	20.5%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oceano	Pismo Beach
Drove alone	73.0%	71.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.9%
Worked from home	11.9%	16.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oceano	Pismo Beach
1-unit, detached	56.3%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Oceano	Pismo Beach
Poverty rate	17.1%	8.1%
Average household size	2.31	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1978	1986