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93422

Atascadero, CA · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
33,002
Median household income
$91,780
People below poverty
11%
Median home value
$737,600

Income

The median income of households in 93422 was $91,780. An estimated 2.9% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 15.5% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 93422 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 2.9
$10,000 to $14,999 2.3
$15,000 to $24,999 5.7
$25,000 to $34,999 4.3
$35,000 to $49,999 10.6
$50,000 to $74,999 14.7
$75,000 to $99,999 13.9
$100,000 to $149,999 18.2
$150,000 to $199,999 11.8
$200,000 or more 15.5

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 93422 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 75992
Female 62326

An estimated 78.3% of households received earnings. An estimated 33% of households received Social Security and an estimated 29.5 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $23,245. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 93422 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 78.3
Social Security 33
Retirement income 29.5
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 4.2
Cash public assistance income 2.3

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 11 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 16.4% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 6.8% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 10.5% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 93422 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 11
Children under 18 years below poverty 16.4
People 65 years old and over below poverty 6.8
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 10.5

In 2020-2024, 8.4 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 25.5% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 46.9% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 17.3% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 93422 in 2020-2024, 94.3% had health insurance coverage and 5.7% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 74.9% and public coverage was 33.3%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 3.5%.


In 2020-2024, 93422 had a total population of 33,002 - 15,621 (47.3%) females and 17,381 (52.7%) males. The median age was 40.7 years. An estimated 20.2% of the population was under 18 years, 32.8% was 19 to 44 years, 24.7% was 45 to 64 years, and 19.5 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 93422 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 929 722
5 to 9 1159 992
10 to 14 1009 624
15 to 19 1289 834
20 to 24 1530 933
25 to 29 1051 895
30 to 34 1032 881
35 to 39 1240 1007
40 to 44 1120 1119
45 to 49 1023 995
50 to 54 995 959
55 to 59 948 1014
60 to 64 1031 1226
65 to 69 1229 1252
70 to 74 816 842
75 to 79 656 671
80 to 84 245 283
85 and over 79 372

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 72.7% were White; 0.9% were Black or African American; 9.4% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 3.7% were Asian; 0% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 15.3% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 21.4% of the people in 93422 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 67.9% of the people in 93422 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 12,895 households in 93422. The average household size was 2.51 people.

Married-couple households made up 52% of the households in 93422 while cohabiting couple households made up 8.2% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 24.5% of all households, while 15.4% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 10.2% of households were male householders living alone, and 15.8% were female householders living alone, for a total of 26% of all households.

In 93422, 28.9% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 35.2% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 93422 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 52
Cohabiting Couples 8.2
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
15.4
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
24.5

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 52% of males and 51.3% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 36.8 25.2
Now married, except separated 52 51.3
Separated 1.8 1.1
Widowed 1.7 7.3
Divorced 7.7 15.1

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 93422, 309 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 24.9% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 92.6% of the people living in 93422 were U.S. natives. 76.3% of the 93422 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 7.4% of 93422 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 51.5% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 75.4 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 93422 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 93422.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 93422 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 52.2
Asia 15.8
Europe 18.6
Africa 6.7
Northern America 6.7
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 93422 in 2020-2024, 12.1 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 9.4% of people at least five years old; 4.3% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 93422 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 9.4
Other Indo-European languages 1.3
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0.9
Other languages 0.5

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 90.1 % of the people at least one year old living in 93422 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 93422 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 90.1
Different house, same county 7.1
Different county, same state 1.6
Different state 1.1
Abroad 0.2

Education

In 2020-2024, 93.6 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 32% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 6.5% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 93422 was 7,668 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 569 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 5,067. College or graduate school enrollment was 2,032.

Educational Attainment of People in 93422 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 6.5
High school diploma or equivalency 21.2
Some college, no degree 27.7
Associate's degree 12.7
Bachelor's degree 21.7
Graduate or professional degree 10.2

Disability

In 93422, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 14 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 4.3% of people under 18 years old, to 11% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 33.4% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 93422, 59.8 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 36.9% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 71.7% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 21.1% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 7 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 11,633 71.7
Federal, state, or local government workers 3,430 21.1
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 1,132 7

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 93422 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 93422 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 1.9
Construction 9.4
Manufacturing 8
Wholesale trade 0.9
Retail trade 12.8
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 5.3
Information 1.4
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 4.5
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 10.8
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 24.3
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 8.7
Other Services, except public administration 5.2
Public administration 6.9

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 93422 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 6,690 41.2
Service occupations 2,950 18.2
Sales and office occupations 3,661 22.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 1,700 10.5
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 1,222 7.5

Commuting to Work

An estimated 76.6% of 93422 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 8.1% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 22.5 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 93422 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 76.6
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 8.1
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0.5
Walked 1.1
Other means 0.4
Worked from home 13.4

In 2020-2024, 93422 had a total of 13,512 housing units. Of these housing units, 77% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 17.8% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 4.9% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 93422 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 77
Apartments in multi-unit structures 17.8
Mobile homes 4.9
Boat, RV, van, etc 0.4

8.6% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 4.8% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 93422 was 5.2 rooms, and of these housing units 60.2% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 93422 had 12,895 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 617 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 65.6% while renters occupied 34.4%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.69 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.17.

3.7% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 10% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 3% and another 34.4% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 93422:

House Heating Fuel Used in 93422 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 74.5
Electricity 19
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 0.2
All other fuels 5.5
No fuel used 0.7

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 93422 was $737,600.

Of the owner-occupied households, 71.7 % had a mortgage. 28.3% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $2,896 and for owners without a mortgage it was $879.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 93422 was $1,871. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.