Paso Robles is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 31,544 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Paso Robles is the 249th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Paso Robles are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Of important note, Paso Robles is also a city of artists. Paso Robles has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Paso Robles’s character.

Also of interest is that Paso Robles has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Paso Robles telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.65% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The education level of Paso Robles citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.16% of adults in Paso Robles have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Paso Robles in 2022 was $43,370, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $173,480 for a family of four. However, Paso Robles contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Paso Robles is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Paso Robles home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Paso Robles residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Paso Robles also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.67% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Paso Robles include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

In addition, Paso Robles has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.77%).

The most common language spoken in Paso Robles is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.