San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County)'s Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.
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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-SAN-MIGUEL-CDP-SAN-LUIS-OBISPO-COUNTY-CA · San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County), CA 2,956 pop · income 58th 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 San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Millen · lowest
36,918
Millen · lowest
36,918 median HH income
22.6% of the leader · rank #1
Colona · near
76,558
Colona · near
76,558 median HH income
46.9% of the leader · rank #2
Lauderdale · near
76,558
Lauderdale · near
76,558 median HH income
46.9% of the leader · rank #3
San Miguel CD… · this city
76,563
San Miguel CD… · this city
76,563 median HH income
46.9% of the leader · rank #4
Lennon · near
76,563
Lennon · near
76,563 median HH income
46.9% of the leader · rank #5
Rockville · near
76,563
Rockville · near
76,563 median HH income
46.9% of the leader · rank #6
Bonny Doon · highest
163,125
Bonny Doon · highest
163,125 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 San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) 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: 2,956.
San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) places in the 58th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
58th
percentile, household income
82nd
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: San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County), CA
San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) is a small town in California, home to 2,956 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) brings in $76,563 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 21.8%. San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County)'s housing stock carries a median value of $453,000, and the median resident age is 27.2 years. About 14.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 60.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
California carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts California at 110.7 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Above Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,053 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts California's average monthly utility costs around $275 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 88.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County)'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 comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County)?
Within California, the closest population matches are Dixon Lane-MeadowCreek (2,963 residents, $55,556 income); Bonny Doon (2,946 residents, $163,125 income); Channel Islands Beach (2,936 residents, $103,219 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bridgetown, MS (2,955 residents); Roslyn, NY (2,955 residents); Merrimac, VA (2,955 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.
How far does income reach against housing in San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County)?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 21.8%, 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.
What does the journey to work look like in San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County)?
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 64.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Above median income · poverty 21.8% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
F
City profile score · San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County), CA
25/100
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 C
$76,563
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
14.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
21.8%
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).
San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 56/100 (C) · $76,563
Bachelor's+ share: 18/100 (F) · 14.4%
Poverty rate: 10/100 (F) · 21.8%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) compare to other US cities?
Where San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income58% higher than other cities
Home value82% 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 San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) 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 San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#833 of 1,338
38th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#776 of 1,343
42nd percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#165 of 1,450
88th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,070 of 1,458
27th 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
58th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$453,00018th percentilemore affordable than 18% 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
San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County)'s home-value-to-income ratio: 5.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,038 of 15,516
More affordable than 10% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,428 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.9×, San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,038 of 15,516 and #10,428 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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
$76,563San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County), CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County), 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 San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County), CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)21.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)60.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,956
Median Income
$76,563
Median Home Value
$453,000
Median Age
27.2
Poverty Rate
21.8%
Labor force participation
60.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
14.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
64.5%
Carpool
30.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.3%
Work from Home
4.5%
Based on 1,272 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 San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County). 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 San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) 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 San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) 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.
City
Population
Median Household Income
San Miguel CDP (San Luis Obispo County) (this city)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, 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.