Demographics of Grover Beach city, California

Grover Beach city, California had 12,456 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −211 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Grover Beach city, in four figures

12,456
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 12,604 ±45.; −1.7%
Change since July 2020: −211 people.; 40.5 ±1.6
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $86,458 ±$21,964
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Grover Beach city, California's population shrank 1.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Grover Beach city, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Grover Beach city, California's population shrank 1.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Grover Beach city, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	12,667	100.0	100.0
2021	12,704	100.3	100.2
2022	12,620	99.6	100.7
2023	12,543	99.0	101.6
2024	12,517	98.8	102.5
2025	12,456	98.3	103.1

Population of Grover Beach city, California on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	12,667	—
2021	12,704	+37
2022	12,620	−84
2023	12,543	−77
2024	12,517	−26
2025	12,456	−61

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.5 ±1.6: for men 40.2 ±3.4 and for women 41.6 ±3.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Grover Beach city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	California	United States
Under 5	480 ±139	3.8% ±1.1	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,937 ±386	15.4% ±3.1	16.5% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	742 ±233	5.9% ±1.8	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	4,281 ±605	34.0% ±4.8	28.7% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,915 ±417	23.1% ±3.3	24.6% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,249 ±384	17.8% ±3.0	15.7% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $86,458 ±$21,964, and income per person $43,487 ±$5,191, in 2024 dollars. The median is $99,122 ±$310 in California and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Grover Beach city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	California	United States
Under $25,000	572 ±250	11.6% ±5.0	12.5% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	727 ±258	14.7% ±5.1	13.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	901 ±274	18.2% ±5.4	13.0% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	562 ±200	11.4% ±4.0	11.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,168 ±351	23.6% ±6.9	17.8% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	435 ±186	8.8% ±3.7	11.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	580 ±156	11.7% ±3.1	20.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Grover Beach city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	California	United States
All ages	1,479 ±481	11.8% ±3.8	12.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	132 to 546	5.9% to 22.4%	15.0% ±0.1	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	829 ±237	11.6% ±3.2	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	157 to 465	10.3% ±4.9	11.5% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Grover Beach city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Grover Beach city	California	United States
Housing units	5,872 ±314	14,644,735 ±1,665	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	84.2% ±2.4	92.5% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	15.8% ±4.3	7.5% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	50.5% ±6.9	55.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	49.5% ±7.7	44.1% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$727,500 ±$51,304	$734,700 ±$1,307	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$2,061 ±$102	$2,036 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1978 ±3	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Grover Beach city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	California	United States
Hispanic or Latino	4,801 ±733	38.1% ±5.8	40.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	6,773 ±703	53.7% ±5.6	33.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	46 to 302	0.4% to 2.4%	5.2% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	370 ±161	2.9% ±1.3	15.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 134	0% to 1.1%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	24 to 320	0.2% to 2.5%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	250 ±110	2.0% ±0.9	4.4% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Grover Beach city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	California	United States
Born in the state	8,618 ±499	68.4% ±4.0	56.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,022 ±439	16.0% ±3.5	15.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	27 to 149	0.2% to 1.2%	1.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,876 ±471	14.9% ±3.7	27.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	977 ±283	7.8% ±2.2	14.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	899 ±339	7.1% ±2.7	12.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Grover Beach city among the places of California

440th of 661 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the California page.

Places of California near Grover Beach city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Kingsburg city	12,755 ±45
Marysville city	12,726 ±23
San Anselmo town	12,679 ±37
Bonita CDP	12,652 ±1,680
Lindsay city	12,643 ±24
Grover Beach city	12,604 ±45
Avocado Heights CDP	12,593 ±1,155
Mendota city	12,577 ±44
Fortuna city	12,326 ±58
Newman city	12,316 ±34
Lakeland Village CDP	12,236 ±1,906

Rankings this appears in

No. 69 Places in California by poverty rate
No. 128 Places in California by median age
No. 172 Places in California by median rent
No. 177 Places in California by median household income
No. 208 Places in California by median home value
No. 214 Places in California by Hispanic or Latino share

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026