How the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202621 of 21 ZIP codes scored · 0.27M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 21 of 21- 54893424in Avila Beach · 962 residents70.23
- 2,33493449in Pismo Beach · 8,014 residents64.22
- 2,62293420in Arroyo Grande · 31,345 residents63.68
- 2,62493402in Los Osos · 14,197 residents63.68
- 2,76193465in Templeton · 11,039 residents63.39
- 3,07693430in Cayucos · 3,125 residents62.81
- 3,23693401in San Luis Obispo · 29,202 residents62.49
- 3,48093442in Morro Bay · 11,571 residents62.08
- 4,05193452in San Simeon · 217 residents61.11
- 4,24693428in Cambria · 6,399 residents60.83
- 4,60793453in Santa Margarita · 2,344 residents60.33
- 4,94593444in Nipomo · 21,611 residents59.88
- 5,16893432in Creston · 1,142 residents59.58
- 6,79793422in Atascadero · 33,002 residents57.50
- 8,51993446in Paso Robles · 45,554 residents55.80
- 8,84593461in Shandon · 1,548 residents55.52
- 9,29493433in Grover Beach · 12,600 residents55.14
- 11,09593426in Bradley · 1,564 residents53.69
- 14,55693445in Oceano · 6,857 residents51.19
- 18,14593405in San Luis Obispo · 25,002 residents48.64
- 23,95593410in San Luis Obispo · 7,396 residents43.45
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 21 of 21- 23,95593410in San Luis Obispo · 7,396 residents43.45
- 18,14593405in San Luis Obispo · 25,002 residents48.64
- 14,55693445in Oceano · 6,857 residents51.19
- 11,09593426in Bradley · 1,564 residents53.69
- 9,29493433in Grover Beach · 12,600 residents55.14
- 8,84593461in Shandon · 1,548 residents55.52
- 8,51993446in Paso Robles · 45,554 residents55.80
- 6,79793422in Atascadero · 33,002 residents57.50
- 5,16893432in Creston · 1,142 residents59.58
- 4,94593444in Nipomo · 21,611 residents59.88
- 4,60793453in Santa Margarita · 2,344 residents60.33
- 4,24693428in Cambria · 6,399 residents60.83
- 4,05193452in San Simeon · 217 residents61.11
- 3,48093442in Morro Bay · 11,571 residents62.08
- 3,23693401in San Luis Obispo · 29,202 residents62.49
- 3,07693430in Cayucos · 3,125 residents62.81
- 2,76193465in Templeton · 11,039 residents63.39
- 2,62493402in Los Osos · 14,197 residents63.68
- 2,62293420in Arroyo Grande · 31,345 residents63.68
- 2,33493449in Pismo Beach · 8,014 residents64.22
- 54893424in Avila Beach · 962 residents70.23
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.
The highest-standing fifth
5 of 21 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 93401 San Luis Obispo93422 Atascadero93465 Templeton
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 93402 Los Osos93424 Avila Beach93465 Templeton
Standing highest: 93405 San Luis Obispo93410 San Luis Obispo93461 Shandon
3 ZIP codes tie at this end: 93401 San Luis Obispo93424 Avila Beach93449 Pismo Beach
6 ZIP codes tie at this end: 93402 Los Osos93410 San Luis Obispo93424 Avila Beach93445 Oceano93449 Pismo Beach93452 San Simeon
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 93424 Avila Beach93428 Cambria93449 Pismo Beach
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 93424 Avila Beach93428 Cambria93449 Pismo Beach
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 93424 Avila Beach93428 Cambria93452 San Simeon
Standing highest: 93424 Avila Beach93433 Grover Beach93453 Santa Margarita
Each fifth is about 5 of this metro’s 21 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 274,691 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.
The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.
Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.
Why this matters
The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.
A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.