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Avila Beach is a small town of 1,303 people in San Luis Obispo County, California. It's about 5 miles from San Luis Obispo, CA and 121 miles from Fresno, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 72°F and winter highs 64°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.2M and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,303people
$1.2MTypical home
$1,878/moRent
72° / 64°Summer / winter
0"Snow
324Sunny days
56Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,303
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 214 people per sq mi
- 121 mi to Fresno, CA
- 5 mi to San Luis Obispo, CA
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.2M (≈$7,840/mo)
- Median rent $1,878/mo
- Median household income $158k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 72°F
- Winter highs around 64°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 52°F)
- 324 sunny days a year (215 totally clear)
- 41 cloudy days a year
- 22 of 90 winter days are gray
- 56 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (240 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (776 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 59
- 10% of households have kids
- 31% are 65 or older
- 70% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 14% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 5 mi to SBP airport
- 122 mi to FAT (major hub)
- 18 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 72% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2000
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 358 ft
- Right on the coast
- 137 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 127 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 14 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 273 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 25 bars within 25 mi
- 109 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 27 museums within 25 mi
- 12 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 17% of California districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 6 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 8 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- San Luis Obispo County: D+11 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.