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Census Tract 61.02, Kern, CA

4,674 Population
3 square miles 1,538.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±5.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Tehachapi: 39.1 ±2.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kern County: 32.7 ±0.1

Economics

$39,439 ±$5,673 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Tehachapi: $25,361 † ±$3,132
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kern County: $29,699 ±$507
$86,261 ±$8,247 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Tehachapi: $72,957 † ±$12,522
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kern County: $70,210 ±$1,287

12.5% ±6.3% (580  ±302) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tehachapi: 13.9% † 1,216 (±5% / ±437)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kern County: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)

28.2 minutes ±2 (44,590  ±9,696) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Tehachapi: 27 84,235 (±2.4 / ±12,765)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kern County: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)

Families

1,857 ±299 Number of households
  • Tehachapi: 3,610 ±350
  • Kern County: 284,931 ±1,239
2.5 ±0.5 (4,662  ±636) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Tehachapi: 2.4 † 8,743 (±0.3 / ±403)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kern County: 3.1 889,475 (±0 / ±770)

7.8% ±8.3% (83  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Tehachapi: 4.3% † 83 (±4.6% / ±90)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kern County: 6.2% 13,618 (±0.5% / ±1,093)

Housing

2,015 ±312 Number of housing units
  • Tehachapi: 3,901 ±386
  • Kern County: 306,999 ±246

$387,000 ±$21,810 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tehachapi: $355,500 ±$12,590
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kern County: $338,300 ±$2,944

11.1% ±6.6% (516  ±314.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tehachapi: 12.1% † 1,436 (±3% / ±353.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kern County: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)

Social

93.8% ±4.7% (3,016  ±493.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tehachapi: 79% 7,058 (±7.1% / ±730.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kern County: 77% 433,910 (±0.9% / ±5,296.6)
31.3% ±8.1% (1,006  ±302.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Tehachapi: 15.5% † 1,383 (±3.9% / ±356.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kern County: 18.8% 105,790 (±0.5% / ±2,614.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.4% ±5.6% (394  ±266) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tehachapi: 13.4% † 1,605 (±3.8% / ±449)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kern County: 20.2% 185,151

9% ±2.7% (309  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tehachapi: 6.9% † 654 (±1.9% / ±180)
  • nearly double the rate in Kern County: 4.9% 31,813 (±0.2% / ±1,350)
309 Total veterans ±103 216 Male ±88 93 Female ±60

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