Housing density: 462 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $552,989.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,570 (lower quartile is $1,173, upper quartile is $1,988)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,505
Median gross rent in Atascadero, CA in 2022: $1,748
Housing units in Atascadero with a mortgage: 5,295 (634 second mortgage, 82 home equity loan, 520 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 84
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $124,630
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $77,645
3,883 married couples with children.
1,299 single-parent households (431 men, 868 women).
86.5% of residents of Atascadero speak English at home.
9.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (48% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 2,251 (7.6%)
(50.1% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 95.3% Number of people working at home: 2,392 (15.6% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 538
5 to 9 minutes: 1,991
10 to 14 minutes: 1,917
15 to 19 minutes: 1,431
20 to 24 minutes: 2,238
25 to 29 minutes: 1,012
30 to 34 minutes: 1,807
35 to 39 minutes: 304
40 to 44 minutes: 214
45 to 59 minutes: 664
60 to 89 minutes: 403
90 or more minutes: 335
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 7,414 (67.4%)
Carpooled: 901 (8.2%)
Bus: 52 (0.5%)
Taxi: 70 (0.6%)
Bicycle: 54 (0.5%)
Walked: 305 (2.8%)
Worked at home: 2,392 (21.8%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
2.1%Males
3.7%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
27.3%Males
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
1.4%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
1.6%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
4.7%Males
4.1%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
3.4%Males
9.4%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Atascadero, California
5912010 or later
5412000 to 2009
4261990 to 1999
3151980 to 1989
1591970 to 1979
384Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
English: 1,406 (11.6%)
European: 936 (7.7%)
German: 808 (6.7%)
Irish: 753 (6.2%)
American: 685 (5.7%)
Italian: 446 (3.7%)
Scottish: 227 (1.9%)
French: 185 (1.5%)
Danish: 155 (1.3%)
Scandinavian: 128 (1.1%)
Iraqi: 125 (1.0%)
Portuguese: 96 (0.8%)
Welsh: 95 (0.8%)
Swedish: 78 (0.6%)
Northern European: 76 (0.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 75 (0.6%)
Norwegian: 73 (0.6%)
Moroccan: 67 (0.6%)
Dutch: 63 (0.5%)
Lithuanian: 54 (0.4%)
French Canadian: 48 (0.4%)
Russian: 46 (0.4%)
Czechoslovakian: 39 (0.3%)
Polish: 35 (0.3%)
Belgian: 34 (0.3%)
Greek: 31 (0.3%)
Eastern European: 26 (0.2%)
African: 26 (0.2%)
Australian: 26 (0.2%)
Canadian: 20 (0.2%)
British: 18 (0.1%)
Slovak: 16 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.10%)
Finnish: 12 (0.10%)
Ukrainian: 12 (0.10%)
Arab: 10 (0.08%)
Jamaican: 9 (0.07%)
Assyrian: 7 (0.06%)
Israeli: 6 (0.05%)
Swiss: 6 (0.05%)
Austrian: 4 (0.03%)
Pennsylvania German: 1 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Atascadero:
46.5% (1,001)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Iraq
Atascadero:
6.0% (129)
California:
0.4% (40,941)
Philippines
Atascadero:
5.7% (122)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Canada
Atascadero:
3.5% (75)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
England
Atascadero:
3.4% (73)
California:
0.6% (57,953)
Korea
Atascadero:
3.3% (71)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Morocco
Atascadero:
2.8% (61)
California:
0.1% (6,612)
India
Atascadero:
2.6% (55)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
Hungary
Atascadero:
2.5% (53)
California:
0.1% (10,936)
Germany
Atascadero:
2.1% (46)
California:
0.7% (73,304)
Japan
Atascadero:
1.9% (41)
California:
1.0% (103,575)
Russia
Atascadero:
1.8% (39)
California:
0.7% (71,932)
Lithuania
Atascadero:
1.7% (37)
California:
0.0% (3,665)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 22,429
Other state: 4,921
Northeast: 1,130
Midwest: 1,230
South: 1,016
West: 1,570
93.4% of Atascadero residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 42.5% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 68.4% lived in California.
Atascadero:
93.4%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 103
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 31
7th and 8th grade: 91
9th grade: 130
10th grade: 24
11th grade: 135
12th grade, no diploma: 356
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,148
Less than 1 year of college: 1,227
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,743
Associate degree: 1,057
Bachelor's degree: 2,497
Master's degree: 525
Professional school degree: 168
Doctorate degree: 227
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 133
Nursery to 4th grade: 11
5th and 6th grade: 34
7th and 8th grade: 96
9th grade: 9
10th grade: 30
11th grade: 42
12th grade, no diploma: 85
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,136
Less than 1 year of college: 1,048
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,990
Associate degree: 1,440
Bachelor's degree: 2,146
Master's degree: 973
Professional school degree: 212
Doctorate degree: 95
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 8,587
One, attached: 557
Two: 226
3 or 4: 834
5 to 9: 692
10 to 19: 335
20 to 49: 227
50 or more: 319
Mobile homes: 522
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 51
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.2%
House/condo owner moved in on average 14 years ago