Demographics of Morro Bay city, California

Morro Bay city, California had 10,613 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −145 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Morro Bay city, in four figures

10,613
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 10,692 ±25.; −1.3%
Change since July 2020: −145 people.; 54.3 ±2.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $95,843 ±$5,900
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.

Morro Bay city, California's population shrank 1.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Morro Bay 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

Morro Bay city, California's population shrank 1.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Morro Bay 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	10,758	100.0	100.0
2021	10,787	100.3	100.2
2022	10,688	99.3	100.7
2023	10,603	98.6	101.6
2024	10,605	98.6	102.5
2025	10,613	98.7	103.1

Population of Morro Bay city, California on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	10,758	—
2021	10,787	+29
2022	10,688	−99
2023	10,603	−85
2024	10,605	+2
2025	10,613	+8

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 54.3 ±2.8: for men 55.2 ±1.8 and for women 52.9 ±3.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Morro Bay city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	California	United States
Under 5	338 ±141	3.2% ±1.3	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	942 ±218	8.8% ±2.0	16.5% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	758 ±316	7.1% ±3.0	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,896 ±316	17.7% ±3.0	28.7% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,269 ±464	30.6% ±4.3	24.6% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,489 ±417	32.6% ±3.9	15.7% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $95,843 ±$5,900, and income per person $64,740 ±$9,637, 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 Morro Bay city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	California	United States
Under $25,000	572 ±151	11.2% ±2.9	12.5% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	588 ±180	11.5% ±3.5	13.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	662 ±197	13.0% ±3.8	13.0% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	954 ±232	18.7% ±4.4	11.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	864 ±206	16.9% ±3.9	17.8% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	534 ±156	10.5% ±3.0	11.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	936 ±273	18.3% ±5.2	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 Morro Bay city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	California	United States
All ages	892 ±292	8.4% ±2.8	12.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	64 to 266	5.6% to 20.5%	15.0% ±0.1	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	455 ±188	8.9% ±3.5	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	272 ±109	6.5% ±2.5	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 Morro Bay city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Morro Bay city	California	United States
Housing units	6,531 ±405	14,644,735 ±1,665	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	78.2% ±6.5	92.5% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	21.8% ±4.2	7.5% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	65.4% ±4.8	55.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	34.6% ±4.5	44.1% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$918,200 ±$49,208	$734,700 ±$1,307	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,858 ±$93	$2,036 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1974 ±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 Morro Bay city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	California	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,443 ±378	13.5% ±3.5	40.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	8,305 ±476	77.7% ±4.4	33.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 82	< 0.1% to 0.8%	5.2% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	298 ±122	2.8% ±1.1	15.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	5 to 103	< 0.1% to 1.0%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	13 to 411	0.1% to 3.8%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	339 ±145	3.2% ±1.4	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 Morro Bay city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	California	United States
Born in the state	6,592 ±612	61.7% ±5.7	56.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,317 ±654	31.0% ±6.1	15.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	30 to 232	0.3% to 2.2%	1.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	652 ±226	6.1% ±2.1	27.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	340 ±139	3.2% ±1.3	14.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	145 to 479	1.4% to 4.5%	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%.

Morro Bay city among the places of California

480th 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 Morro Bay city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Diamond Springs CDP	10,927 ±1,197
Citrus CDP	10,904 ±1,211
Calimesa city	10,902 ±29
Placerville city	10,762 ±22
Fairview CDP	10,745 ±846
Morro Bay city	10,692 ±25
Soquel CDP	10,679 ±1,263
Sonoma city	10,670 ±26
Garden Acres CDP	10,667 ±1,266
Lake Arrowhead CDP	10,639 ±1,154
Hillcrest CDP	10,511 ±1,151

Rankings this appears in

No. 8 Places in California by median age
No. 80 Places in California by per capita income
No. 109 Places by median age
No. 113 Places in California by median home value
No. 146 Places in California by homeownership rate
No. 174 Places in California by poverty rate

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