census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
in northern
San Luis Obispo County
San Luis Obispo County (), officially the County of San Luis Obispo, is a county on the Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 282,424. The county seat is San Luis Obispo.
Junípero Serra founded the Miss ...
, central
California
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.
Geography
Oak Shores is located on the north side of Lake Nacimiento reservoir. It is in the
Santa Lucia Mountains
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, at an elevation of .
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP covers an area of 5.1 square miles (13.1 km), all of it land.
Demographics
The
2010 United States Census
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reported that Oak Shores had a population of 337. The population density was . The racial makeup of Oak Shores was 318 (94.4%)
White
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, 3 (0.9%)
African American
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Pacific Islander
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, 4 (1.2%) from
other races
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, and 6 (1.8%) from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 31 persons (9.2%).
The Census reported that 337 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 157 households, out of which 26 (16.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 90 (57.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 7 (4.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 4 (2.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 11 (7.0%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 1 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 41 households (26.1%) were made up of individuals, and 16 (10.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.15. There were 101
families
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(64.3% of all households); the average family size was 2.53.
The population was spread out, with 51 people (15.1%) under the age of 18, 10 people (3.0%) aged 18 to 24, 78 people (23.1%) aged 25 to 44, 117 people (34.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 81 people (24.0%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50.6 years. For every 100 females there were 106.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.8 males.
There were 634 housing units at an average density of , of which 121 (77.1%) were owner-occupied, and 36 (22.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 2.7%. 243 people (72.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 94 people (27.9%) lived in rental housing units.