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Tehachapi, CA

12,366 Population
10.3 square miles 1,205.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 32.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$23,388 ±$2,746 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $29,238 ±$519
  • about half the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$67,785 ±$14,670 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $67,660 ±$1,400
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

11.9% ±4.9% (1,058  ±439) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 19.1% 168,825 (±0.8% / ±6,993)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

25.8 minutes ±2.6 (78,960  ±12,083) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 24.4 8,067,250 (±0.3 / ±147,877)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

3,589 ±314 Number of households
  • the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 281,416 ±1,216
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.5 ±0.2 (8,879  ±148) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 3.2 885,143 (±0 / ±258)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

3.9% ±4.2% (68  ±75) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 6.2% 13,518 (±0.4% / ±797)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

3,898 ±318 Number of housing units
  • the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 304,481 ±166
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$344,700 ±$13,899 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $310,600 ±$3,299
  • about half the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

18.2% ±4.1% (2,247  ±504.7) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 9.6% 86,455 (±0.5% / ±4,539)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

78.7% ±6.2% (7,307  ±690.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 77.1% 431,038 (±1% / ±5,486.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
14.5% ±3.7% (1,342  ±348.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 18.6% 103,791 (±0.5% / ±2,694.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

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

13.2% ±2.9% (1,632  ±354) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 19.7% 179,758
  • about half the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

8% ±2.2% (785  ±213) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 5.1% 32,696 (±0.2% / ±1,439)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
785 Total veterans ±213 723 Male ±206 62 Female ±59

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