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San Luis Obispo

United States · GDP 2024
#221 of 3,127 US counties by GDP71st-percentile growthmore diversified than 87% of counties
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$24.5B
GDP growth
+6.3%
Jobs tracked
98,720
Employers
8,962
Avg. wage
$59.7k
Population
282,367
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$97.4k±$2.9k
Business applications
2,707 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Food & accommodation26%
Health care24%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing11%
Construction11%
Professional services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
282,367
residents · 2025 · +0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $77.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−778
International migration+1,820
Natural change−1,027

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$18.1B
2019
$18.2B
2020
$20.3B
2021
$22.0B
2022
$23.1B
2023
$24.5B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$824.7k±$12.2k
Median gross rent
$2.0k/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
12.9%±0.8%
Affordability
13.8× wages
Residential permits
663 (2.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
95.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 100Landslide 99Wildfire 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1466
2016
1545
2017
1620
2018
1673
2019
1701
2020
1884
2021
2183
2022
2351
2023
2430
2024
2510
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
71.5 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
18.2 km
UP
Nearest port
37.6 km
VANDENBURG AFB, CA
Nearest commercial airport
27.4 km
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$59.7k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Greene$24.5BCumberland$24.4BRockland$24.4BEscambia$24.4BPasco$24.2BNew London$24.1B
The read

San Luis Obispo's economy produced $24.5B in 2024, growing 6.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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