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Woodlands is a small town of 2,061 people in San Luis Obispo County, California. It's about 9 miles from Santa Maria, CA and 128 miles from Fresno, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 73°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.
2,061people
$1.2MTypical home
$1,992/moRent
73° / 64°Summer / winter
0"Snow
324Sunny days
51Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,061
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,248 people per sq mi
- 128 mi to Fresno, CA
- 9 mi to Santa Maria, CA
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.2M (≈$7,329/mo)
- Median rent $1,992/mo
- Median household income $137k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 73°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
- 51 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 1 day a year over 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 69
- 5% of households have kids
- 66% are 65 or older
- 66% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 10 mi to SMX airport
- 129 mi to FAT (major hub)
- 5 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 95% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2012
- 99% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 351 ft
- 5 mi to the ocean
- 144 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 122 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 14 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 263 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 25 bars within 25 mi
- 119 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 27 museums within 25 mi
- 10 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 45% of California districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 15 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 11 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 20 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.