Atascadero is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 29,684 people and six associated neighborhoods, Atascadero is the 259th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Atascadero 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.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.52% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

In terms of college education, Atascadero is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.67% of adults in Atascadero have a college degree.

The per capita income in Atascadero in 2022 was $60,892, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $243,568 for a family of four. However, Atascadero contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Atascadero is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Atascadero home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Atascadero residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Atascadero also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.24% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Atascadero include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Atascadero is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.