HomeCaliforniaSan Luis Obispo CountyShandon CDP
Shandon CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
Shandon CDP is a Census CDP of 1,169 people across 2.95 square miles of land, in San Luis Obispo County. Median household income is $107,273, 94.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $54,000.
64 sourced place values · tier FULL · 7 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Shandon
What Shandon is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.95 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land396 plus or minus 148
- County holding the largest share of its areaSan Luis Obispo County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shandon
How many people live in Shandon
- Population1,169 plus or minus 437
- Median age29.0
- Population under 18403 plus or minus 149
- Share under 1834.5 percent plus or minus 18.1
- Population 65 and over74 plus or minus 45
- Share 65 and over6.3 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Households302 plus or minus 106
- Family households220 plus or minus 67
- Share of households that are families72.8 percent plus or minus 33.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shandon
Income and work in Shandon
- Median household income$107,273 plus or minus $26,603
- Per capita income$30,111
- Civilian labor force632 plus or minus 245
- Employed566 plus or minus 220
- Unemployed66 plus or minus 79
- Unemployment rate10.4 percent plus or minus 11.8
- Adults 25 and over667 plus or minus 230
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.9 percent plus or minus 38.0
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher7.6 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.3 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shandon
Housing in Shandon
- Housing units320 plus or minus 105
- Occupied units302 plus or minus 106
- Vacant units18 plus or minus 21
- Vacancy rate5.6 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Owner occupied284 plus or minus 104
- Renter occupied18 plus or minus 25
- Ownership rate94.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$448,500
- Single family units320 plus or minus 106
- Share single family100.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1989
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shandon
How Shandon gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute517 plus or minus 213
- Commuting under 15 minutes58 plus or minus 69
- Share commuting under 15 minutes11.2 percent plus or minus 12.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more298 plus or minus 121
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more57.6 percent plus or minus 33.4
- Drove alone90.3 percent
- Carpooled1.1 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home8.7 percent plus or minus 6.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shandon
SBA loans in Shandon (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$54,000
- Average approval$27,000
- Median approval$30,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$30,000
- Largest approval$30,000
- Jobs supported5
- Jobs per approval2.5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term60 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
San Luis Obispo County, not Shandon
San Luis Obispo County context, not Shandon figures
These are San Luis Obispo County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Shandon measurements.
- Establishments in San Luis Obispo County8,962
- Employment at those establishments, San Luis Obispo County98,720
- Covered employment, San Luis Obispo County121,958
- Average annual pay, San Luis Obispo County$61,334
- Average weekly wage, San Luis Obispo County$1,179
- Housing units permitted, San Luis Obispo County1,104
- Of those, single family, San Luis Obispo County821
- County product, 2024, San Luis Obispo County$24,505,477,000
- County product change over the prior year, San Luis Obispo County6.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, San Luis Obispo County$103,982
Every figure in this section is published for San Luis Obispo County as a whole and is not a measurement of Shandon. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Shandon questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Shandon, California?
1,169, in 302 households. Shandon CDP covers 2.95 square miles of land, which is 396 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Shandon in?
San Luis Obispo County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Shandon?
$107,273. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $448,500. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Shandon businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $54,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $30,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Shandon, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Shandon borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Shandon. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Shandon figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for San Luis Obispo County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Shandon.
Is zoning published for Shandon?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.