Bear Valley Springs vs Mojave

A side-by-side comparison of Bear Valley Springs and Mojave: population, income, housing, and more.

Bear Valley Springs and Mojave are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bear Valley Springs has the higher population (5,787 vs 4,442 in Mojave). Bear Valley Springs has the higher median household income ($121,069 vs $50,800 in Mojave). Bear Valley Springs has the higher median home value ($478,900 vs $204,400 in Mojave).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Valley Springs	Mojave
Population	5,787	4,442
Median age	54.9 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$121,069	$50,800
Median home value	$478,900	$204,400
Median gross rent	$1,272	$1,154
Housing units	2,816	1,841
Homeownership rate	94.6%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Valley Springs	Mojave
Population	5,292 → 5,787 (+9.4%)	3,855 → 4,442 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$72,273 → $121,069 (+67.5%)	$27,333 → $50,800 (+85.9%)
Median home value	$319,300 → $478,900 (+50.0%)	$105,800 → $204,400 (+93.2%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $1,272 (+70.5%)	$727 → $1,154 (+58.7%)

Bear Valley Springs

Population

5,2925,787

Median household income

$72,273$121,069

Median home value

$319,300$478,900

Median gross rent

$746$1,272

Mojave

Population

3,8554,442

Median household income

$27,333$50,800

Median home value

$105,800$204,400

Median gross rent

$727$1,154

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Valley Springs	Mojave
Under 5	7.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	12.1%	23.0%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.8%	14.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	18.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	17.6%	6.4%
75 and over	14.2%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Valley Springs	Mojave
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	17.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	26.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	2.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	50.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Valley Springs	Mojave
No high school diploma	4.9%	27.8%
High school graduate	19.1%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Valley Springs	Mojave
Drove alone	66.8%	80.2%
Carpooled	17.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	11.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Valley Springs	Mojave
1-unit, detached	98.0%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Bear Valley Springs	Mojave
Poverty rate	4.7%	27.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	41	33
Median year structure built	1991	1977