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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-EL-PASO-DE-ROBLES-PASO-ROBLES-CA · El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA 31,399 pop · income 73rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
LaGrange · lowest
41,491
LaGrange · lowest
41,491 median HH income
26.1% of the leader · rank #1
Santa Clara · near
93,083
Santa Clara · near
93,083 median HH income
58.5% of the leader · rank #2
Hudson Bend · near
93,086
Hudson Bend · near
93,086 median HH income
58.5% of the leader · rank #3
Crescent Vall… · near
93,095
Crescent Vall… · near
93,095 median HH income
58.5% of the leader · rank #4
White Cliffs · near
93,095
White Cliffs · near
93,095 median HH income
58.5% of the leader · rank #5
El Paso de Ro… · this city
93,098
El Paso de Ro… · this city
93,098 median HH income
58.5% of the leader · rank #6
Zionsville · highest
159,126
Zionsville · highest
159,126 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 31,399.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) places in the 73rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
73rd
percentile, household income
91st
percentile, home value
88th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA
El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) is a small city in California, home to 31,399 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) brings in $93,098 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 9.8%. Typical homes in El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) are valued around $648,400, and the median resident age is 38.8 years. 29.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 58.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 296 residential building permits were authorized in El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) (Building Boom), up 722% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data.
California carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 110.7 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $2,053 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $275 across California, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) workers runs 21.7 minutes, with 73.7% driving alone and 9.2% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 out of 100 (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)'s data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to population change to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, local building permits, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 21.7 minutes.
Is El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +138 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 296 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 7.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 9.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Which cities make useful reference points for El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)?
Within California, the closest population matches are Orcutt (31,284 residents, $108,682 income); Santa Paula (31,202 residents, $77,130 income); Lawndale (31,113 residents, $83,538 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Norwood, MA (31,380 residents); Zionsville, IN (31,442 residents); Bluffton, SC (31,323 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Above median income · poverty 9.8% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
D
City profile score · El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA
45/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income B
$93,098
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C
29.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate D
9.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
110.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 72/100 (B) · $93,098
Bachelor's+ share: 56/100 (C) · 29.1%
Poverty rate: 40/100 (D) · 9.8%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) compare to other US cities?
Where El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income73% higher than other cities
Home value91% pricier than other cities
Median rent88% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to California only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
California-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#593 of 1,338
56th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#508 of 1,343
62nd percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#507 of 1,450
65th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#641 of 1,458
56th percentile in California
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within California only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
73rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$648,4009th percentilemore affordable than 9% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)'s home-value-to-income ratio: 7.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,656 of 15,516
More affordable than 6% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,104 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 7.0×, El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,656 of 15,516 and #3,104 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$93,098El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)29.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)9.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)58.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
31,399
Median Income
$93,098
Median Home Value
$648,400
Median Age
38.8
Poverty Rate
9.8%
Labor force participation
58.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
29.1%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)'s Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
31,488 residents
2021
31,549 residents
2022
31,343 residents
2023
31,319 residents
2024
31,520 residents
2025
31,626 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
296
housing units authorized
Single-Family
296
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
9.4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
36
24
12
$6.6M
2020
42
28
14
$6.8M
2021
51
39
12
$10.7M
2022
277
67
210
$42.3M
2023
195
45
150
$48.1M
2024
296
296
0
$72.7M
Permit volume increased 722% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
21.7 minutes
Drive Alone
73.7%
Carpool
10.6%
Public Transit
1.2%
Walk
2.1%
Work from Home
9.2%
Other
3.2%
Based on 13,987 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
California statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across California at $275 (electricity about $150 , water and sewer about $70 ).
These are California statewide averages, not a meter reading for El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles). Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
California's BEA cost-of-living index is 110.7 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) is $2,053/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to California statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a California statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) compares to similar-size California cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.