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Cost of living in Paso Robles
Housing is much more expensive than the US average. Rents, home prices, taxes and how far a paycheck goes.
Median rent
$1,947/mo
44% above US
Median home value
$648,400
114% above US
Median household income
$93,098
19% above US
Rent as share of income
25%
US 21%
Home price to income
7.0×
US 3.9×
Sales tax
8.75%
Rent by number of bedrooms
HUD 2027 fair market rents for San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA MSA (gross rent including utilities, near the 40th percentile of local rents). Source: HUD USER.
How Paso Robles compares
- Paso Robles$1,947
- California$1,956
- United States$1,348
- San Luis Obispo$1,906
- Santa Maria$1,842
- Visalia$1,397
- Fresno$1,324
- Salinas$1,923
- Carmel-by-the-Sea$2,933
- Clovis$1,662
- Oxnard$1,962
- Paso Robles$648,400
- California$695,400
- United States$303,400
- San Luis Obispo$896,500
- Santa Maria$478,200
- Visalia$340,600
- Fresno$348,500
- Salinas$610,900
- Carmel-by-the-Sea$2,000,001
- Clovis$453,300
- Oxnard$617,800
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Life in Paso Robles
Questions
Is Paso Robles expensive to live in?
Housing in Paso Robles is much more expensive than the national average: median rent is $1,947 (44% above US) and the median home value is $648,400 (114% above US).
How much is rent in Paso Robles?
The median gross rent is $1,947 a month. HUD’s 2027 fair market rents for the area are studio $1,894, 1 bedroom $2,079, 2 bedrooms $2,720, 3 bedrooms $3,634, 4 bedrooms $4,208.
How much of their income do renters spend in Paso Robles?
At the median, a year’s rent ($23,364) equals about 25% of the median household income ($93,098); nationally it’s about 21%.
What are taxes like in Paso Robles?
Sales tax is 8.75% and property taxes run about 0.71% of home value a year.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates; HUD fair market rents; CDTFA California City & County Sales & Use Tax Rates.