San Luis Obispo Highlights:
- Downtown SLO is a humming, pedestrian friendly zone of shops, restaurants and galleries in turn-of-the-20th century buildings.
- Thursday Night Farmers’ Market brings a fiesta of produce, crafts, barbecue, street food and live entertainment to
- downtown.
- There are approximately 760 non-profits in San Luis Obispo that generate nearly $800 million in economic output each year.
- San Luis Obispo wine country lies five minutes south of downtown, putting two dozen premier wineries within easy reach.
- There are more than 25 miles of easily accessible trails in the city of San Luis Obispo.
- Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, the fifth of California’s 21 Spanish missions, was founded in 1772.
- San Luis Obispo County has more than 80 miles of Pacific coastline.
- Hearst Castle, William Randolph Hearst’s elaborate Central Coast summer home, stands in solitary splendor 45 minutes to the north.
- In a typical year, San Luis Obispo sees 315 sunny days.
- Fourth lowest commute time in the state.
- Listed as one of the top 10 places to retire in the US
Housing:
- Operating Expenses for comparable properties:
- Median Gross Rent: $1,313 (2016) | $1,375 California (2016)
- Vacancy Rate: 2.58% (2016) | 3.31% California (2016)
- Median Home Value: $750,000
Local Economy/Employment:
- Unemployment Rate (County): 2.6% (Q2 2018)
- 97,500 Private Sector Jobs (Q2 2018)
- 14.3 Billion GRP (2016)
- Average Annual Wage: $44,700
- 377 New Business Registrations (Q1 2017)
- Top Employers:
- California Polytechnic State University,Education • 3,000 employees
- County of San Luis Obispo, Government • 2,920 employees
- Department of State Hospitals- Atascadero, Healthcare • 2,000 employees
- Pacific Gas & Electric, Public Utility • 1,866 employees
- California Men’s Colony, Correctional Facility • 1,517 employees
- Cal Poly Corp., Services • 1,400 employees
- Tenet Healthcare, Healthcare • 1,305 employees
- Compass Health Inc., Healthcare • 1,200 employees
- Lucia Mar Unified School District, Education • 1,000 employees
- Paso Robles Public Schools, Education • 935 employees
- MINDBODY, Software • 929 employees
- San Luis Coastal Unified School District, Education • 760 employees
- Atascadero Unified School District, Education • 600 employees
- French Hospital Medical Center, Healthcare • 600 employees
- California Department of Transportation, Government • 550 employees
- Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo, County • Non-Profit • 541 employees
- California State Parks, Parks and Recreation • 450 employees
- Cuesta College, Education • 440 employees
- Arroyo Grande Community Hospital, Healthcare • 415 employees
- City of San Luis Obispo, Government • 400 employees
- Community Health Centers of the Central Coast, Healthcare • 390 employees
- U.S. Postal Service, Postal Service • 285 employees
- Notable Tech & Engineering Companies:
- Rosetta & LEVEL Studios
- Amazon
- MindBody Online
- SRI
- Etna Interactive
- Hathway
- GoDaddy
- iFixit
- Kibo
- Leftlane Sports
- CygNet
- Rosen
- Hortau
- WhiteFox Defense
- Welkio