Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety71#266/924
Economy74#238/925
Housing2#908/925
Health91#85/925
Healthcare90#89/923
Environment69#284/917
Education85#138/925
Infrastructure90#92/925
Community60#375/925
Leisure & amenities95#44/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Comfortable days · high44.8%
99/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Public EV charging ports · high29.3 /10k
99/100California 17.5 /10kUnited States 7.7 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Drought exposure · low0%
98/100California 9%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · high756 /100k
97/100California 487 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Firearm deaths · low5.7 /100k
97/100California 6.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Median household income · high$97,446
96/100California $100,130United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Weaknesses

Home price to income ratio · high8.5×
1/100California 7.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Cost of buying a home today · high62.6%
2/100California 54.7%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Severe housing problems · high21.1%
5/100California 25.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Rent-burdened households · high57.6%
5/100California 55.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · high34.1%
6/100California 32.8%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Median Air Quality Index · high50
13/100California 602025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureImproving
89% (2021) → 0% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
−89 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
2 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
49.7% (Dec 2021) → 62.6% (Aug 2026)
+13 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Suicide rateImproving
19.3 /100k (2021) → 10.3 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−47%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k
Firearm deathsImproving
10.0 /100k (2021) → 5.7 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−43%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Property crime rateImproving
1,711 /100k (2020) → 1,059 /100k (2025)
−38%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area improved on 14 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 5 moved within the margin of error and 6 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved14

Suicides−31%14.9 /100k → 10.3 /100k
Traffic deaths−23%12.3 /100k → 9.5 /100k
Bachelor's++4.5 points35.4% → 39.8%
Arts & recreation+25%4.9 /10k → 6.1 /10k
Firearm deaths−23%7.4 /100k → 5.7 /100k

Declined6

Inequality+0.0250.450 → 0.475
Homicides+23%2.2 /100k → 2.7 /100k
Child poverty+2.5 points10.1% → 12.6%
Transit use−0.8 points1.3% → 0.6%
Rent / income+1.8 points32.3% → 34.1%

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.9 /10k2020	6.1 /10k2025	+25%	Improved	80%
Average commute time	21.7 min2015-2019	22.3 min2020-2024	+0.6 min	Within the margin of error	44%
Average weekly wage	$1,0602020	$1,2422025	+17%	Improved	9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%2015-2019	39.8%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Improved	85%
Broadband subscriptions	88.0%2015-2019	93.1%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Improved	9%
Child poverty rate	10.1%2015-2019	12.6%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Declined	8%
Distance to an airport	79 mi2020	79 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	27.7 /100k2020	24.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−12%	Improved	37%
Effective property tax rate	0.70%2015-2019	0.64%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	26%
Firearm deaths	7.4 /100k2020	5.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−23%	Improved	85%
Grocery stores	2.2 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−5%	Little change	34%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.7 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+10%	Improved	59%
High school diploma or higher	91.3%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Home price to income ratio	7.8×2015-2019	8.5×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	29%
Homicide rate	2.2 /100k2020	2.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+23%	Declined	11%
Income adjusted for local prices	$53,5752019	$71,4242024	+33%	Improved	61%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4502015-2019	0.4752020-2024	+0.025	Declined	9%
Median household income	$73,5182015-2019	$97,4462020-2024	+33%	Improved	77%
New business applications	7.1 /1k2020	9.6 /1k2025	+34%	Improved	33%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−2.1%	Little change	65%
Poverty rate	12.5%2015-2019	12.9%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Property crime rate	1,711 /100k2020	1,059 /100k2025	−38%	Improved	61%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	+0.2%	Little change	65%
Public transit commuters	1.3%2015-2019	0.6%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Declined	23%
Rent as share of income	32.3%2015-2019	34.1%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Declined	23%
Rent-burdened households	54.3%2015-2019	57.6%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Restaurants and bars	12.9 /10k2020	12.4 /10k2025	−3.3%	Little change	31%
Suicide rate	14.9 /100k2020	10.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−31%	Improved	93%
Traffic deaths	12.3 /100k2015-2019	9.5 /100k2020-2024	−23%	Improved	90%
Unemployment rate	8.1%2020	4.4%2025	−3.7 points	Improved	71%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.4%2015-2019	7.2%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	50%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 675 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area itself moved −1.6 points in standing on average over the same 29 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

281,555 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 women (+1.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

281,555 residents

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area
United States share

White65%181,605
Black1.1%3,058
Hispanic or Latino25%70,318

Education

190,352 residents (±226)

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area
United States share

No high school diploma7.8%14,855
High school or GED18%34,377
Some college24%44,991

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

109,503 households (±968)

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area
United States share

Under $25k13%13,761
$25k–50k13%14,654
$50k–75k13%14,476
$75k–100k12%13,114
$100k–150k19%21,222
$150k–200k12%13,179
$200k or more17%19,097

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+8.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

109,503 households (±968)

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area
United States share

Own62%67,986
Rent38%41,517

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

39,471 households (±1,100)

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area
United States share

Under $7505.1%2,000
$750–1,0002.9%1,164
$1,000–1,50018%7,278

Home values

67,986 homes (±1,080)

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area
United States share

Under $150k4.3%2,937
$150k–250k2.0%1,388
$250k–400k4.9%3,299

Age of homes

125,669 homes (±104)

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area
United States share

2010 or later8.7%10,903
2000–200916%19,667
1980–199932%39,994

Size of homes

125,669 homes (±104)

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area
United States share

Studio2.8%3,547
1 bedroom9.3%11,650
2 bedrooms30%37,192

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

126,611 workers (±1,778)

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area
United States share

Drive alone71%89,313
Carpool7.7%9,705
Public transit0.6%†739
Walk3.8%4,853
Bike1.3%1,615
Work from home15%19,256
Other0.9%1,130

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+7.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

107,355 workers (±2,014)

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area
United States share

Under 15 min36%38,198
15–29 min40%43,007
30–44 min15%16,108

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA employ 28,650 people. 7 pay a median above the US median and 3 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Home Health and Personal Care Aides4,160 jobs	4,160	$34,320US $35,800	−4%	1.23×
Retail Salespersons3,390 jobs	3,390	$37,780US $35,410	+7%	1.11×
Fast Food and Counter Workers3,310 jobs	3,310	$42,350US $31,200	+36%	1.09×
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse3,100 jobs	3,100	$36,570US $35,660	+3%	15×
Cashiers3,010 jobs	3,010	$36,550US $32,880	+11%	1.24×
Office Clerks, General2,860 jobs	2,860	$46,110US $45,010	+2%	1.48×
Waiters and Waitresses2,640 jobs	2,640	$34,950US $35,230	−1%	1.48×
General and Operations Managers2,280 jobs	2,280	$101,840US $105,770	−4%	0.83×
Registered Nurses2,180 jobs	2,180	$138,820US $97,550	+42%	0.82×
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners1,720 jobs	1,720	$37,190US $35,510	+5%	2.54×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA has 8,962 employer establishments, 318 for every 10,000 residents (1.28× the US rate of 248), with 98,720 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,731. The Census Bureau also counts 26,183 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,962; 26,183 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 318; US 248
Paid employees: 98,720
Average annual pay: $57,731; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	870	30.8	1.48×More than typical	6,329	$72,302	1,477
Restaurants and other eating places	775	27.5	1.50×More than typical	12,770	$28,457	104
Specialty trade contractors	684	24.2	1.57×More than typical	4,926	$70,552	1,316
Lessors of real estate	463	16.4	1.33×More than typical	1,687	$56,256	3,047
Construction of buildings	363	12.9	1.70×More than typical	1,846	$68,824	853
Full-service restaurants	351	12.4	1.62×More than typical	6,653	$30,949	44
Offices of physicians	341	12.1	1.87×More than typical	1,789	$104,366	275
Limited-service restaurants	294	10.4	1.30×More than typical	4,621	$26,663	31
Services to buildings and dwellings	274	9.7	1.44×More than typical	2,561	$42,667	1,278
Offices of other health practitioners	240	8.5	1.40×More than typical	1,227	$42,692	863
Building equipment contractors	235	8.3	1.38×More than typical	1,883	$73,131	278
Management, scientific and technical consulting	235	8.3	1.24×About typical	956	$83,677	1,212

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 282,225 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $42.7M on contracts performed in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area: $151 per resident (US $2,008).

Obligations: $42.7M; −24% vs FY2025
Per resident: $151; US $2,008
Sole-source: 52%; US 30%
Single offer: 6.8%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$20.5M48%
Defense Logistics Agency$8M19%
Federal Highway Administration$4.5M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs$2.4M5.6%
Department of the Navy$1.9M4.4%
Department of the Air Force$1.3M3.1%
Forest Service$1.2M2.8%
Federal Aviation Administration$604.4K1.4%

Top recipients

REDWIRE DEFENSE TECH OPERATIONS, LLC$17.3M41%
RANTEC POWER SYSTEMS INC.$7M16%
BRAYCO ENGINEERING, INC$4.1M9.6%
AVIATION CONSULTANTS, INC.$2.4M5.7%
PALO ALTO PERFUSION SERVICES INC$1.5M3.6%

Spending by fiscal year

24MFY2017
43.8MFY2018
41.4MFY2019
27.4MFY2020
51.4MFY2021
28.3MFY2022
61.1MFY2023
56M

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$17.4M41%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$5.6M13%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$4.1M9.6%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$2.6M6.1%
Offices of other health practitioners · 6213$1.5M3.6%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415

Largest awards

CAMP SLO 5 RA$21.9M
PIKA-INSIGHT JV LLC· San Luis Obispo County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Jul 27, 2023 – Feb 26, 2026· W912PL23F0031
CONSTRUCT MPMG AT CAMP ROBERTS$16.9M
AE WEST LLC· San Luis Obispo County, CA· Construction & real property· Jul 19, 2024 – May 4, 2026· W912LA24C0002
TACTICAL UNCREWED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (TUAS) LONG RANGE RECONNAISSANCE (LRR) PROGRAM$15.9M
REDWIRE DEFENSE TECH OPERATIONS, LLC· San Luis Obispo County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 3, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026· W58RGZ26F0333
POWER SUPPLY

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $2B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area: $7,246 per resident (US $12,990).

Assistance · FY2026: $2B; −5.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,246; US $12,990
Loan face value: $99.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.4B69%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$123.7M6.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$100.3M4.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$76.8M3.8%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$74.8M3.7%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$43.8M2.1%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$24.4M1.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$24.1M1.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA$65.3M3.2%
SACRAMENTO, CA
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO$45.4M2.2%
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY$44.1M2.2%
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, INC.$18.7M0.9%
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA
ALLAN HANCOCK JOINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$1.6B79%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$142.4M7.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$77.6M3.8%
Federal Highway Administration$65.6M3.2%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$45.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

1.8BFY2021
1.7BFY2022
1.9BFY2023
3BFY2024
2.2BFY2025
2BFY2026

County aggregates

86%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

San Luis Obispo CountyCentral county75282,367

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in California

Areas based in California, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved14

Declined6

Metro and micro areas like San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in California

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved14

Declined6

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought