Oak ShoresCA
A town of 128 in California.
Is Oak Shores a good place to live?
34% of residents live below the poverty line in Oak Shores, against 10% in California’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only 8 of the 848 California towns we compare have a higher age of the median resident than Oak Shores. Oak Shores’ concentration of trails is 2.0 miles per square mile, where California’s towns sit at 1.0 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Oak Shores has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
128 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Oak Shores: who provides what
Oak Shores is unincorporated, so San Luis Obispo County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Oak Shores.
Natural hazards: very high risk in Oak Shores, mostly wildfire
Two fifths of Oak Shores’s expected losses from natural hazards come from wildfires, followed by inland flooding at 31%. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 93% of U.S. communities. One declared disaster, in 2003, has brought federal aid to Oak Shores households.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With only 0.4 jobs per working resident, most people in Oak Shores work out of town
The top destinations are El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) (17%), Lake Nacimiento (8%) and Atascadero (6%). Just 1% of Oak Shores’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs based in Oak Shores grew to 59 in 2023, 32 more than in 2013. The typical household income for Oak Shores comes to $67,000.
| Oak Shores | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $67,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Oak Shores is
Among adults in Oak Shores, 33% feel lonely. The town does better than the California average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 9. Two figures for adults in the town: 31% sleep under 7 hours, 14% binge drink.
| Oak Shores | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 31% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 35% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 29% | 35% |
| What stands out | Oak Shores | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.9% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.3% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.9% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Oak Shores sells for about $400K
For Oak Shores, the midpoint rent is $2,308 a month. Oak Shores: 55% of households live in a home they own.
| Oak Shores | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,308 a month | $1,896 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 55% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Hearst Castle and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oak Shores. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi State parkHearst Castle
19 mi LandmarkFort Hunter Liggett
16 mi MuseumMission San Miguel Arcángel28 mi LandmarkLanding of the first Filipinos
38 mi MuseumMission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
35 mi State parkMontaña de Oro State ParkPhoto credits
Hearst Castle: No machine-readable author provided. Urban~commonswiki assumed (based on copyrig, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Hunter Liggett: Binksternet, Public domain · Mission San Miguel Arcángel: Jsweida, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa: Stephen Lea, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Montaña de Oro State Park: BorisFromStockdale, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Oak Shores
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Oak Shores; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Oak Shores residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
99% of working residents leave Oak Shores for work
Where Oak Shores’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Oak Shores
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oak Shores, CA a good place to live?
Oak Shores has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.