California City vs Tehachapi

A side-by-side comparison of California City and Tehachapi: population, income, housing, and more.

California City and Tehachapi are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

California City has the higher population (14,821 vs 12,366 in Tehachapi). Tehachapi has the higher median household income ($67,785 vs $55,271 in California City). Tehachapi has the higher median home value ($344,700 vs $239,600 in California City).

Population, income & housing

	California City	Tehachapi
Population	14,821	12,366
Median age	33.8 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,271	$67,785
Median home value	$239,600	$344,700
Median gross rent	$1,016	$1,278
Housing units	5,377	3,898
Homeownership rate	57.1%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	18.5%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	California City	Tehachapi
Population	13,826 → 14,821 (+7.2%)	12,680 → 12,366 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$49,022 → $55,271 (+12.7%)	$54,083 → $67,785 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$124,500 → $239,600 (+92.4%)	$211,200 → $344,700 (+63.2%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,016 (+5.2%)	$1,015 → $1,278 (+25.9%)

California City

Population

13,82614,821

Median household income

$49,022$55,271

Median home value

$124,500$239,600

Median gross rent

$966$1,016

Tehachapi

Population

12,68012,366

Median household income

$54,083$67,785

Median home value

$211,200$344,700

Median gross rent

$1,015$1,278

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	California City	Tehachapi
Under 5	6.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	4.3%
25 to 34	19.5%	16.7%
35 to 44	16.3%	18.2%
45 to 54	9.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.8%
75 and over	3.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	California City	Tehachapi
White (non-Hispanic)	30.1%	48.4%
Black or African American	22.3%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	39.9%	39.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	California City	Tehachapi
No high school diploma	20.5%	21.3%
High school graduate	34.9%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	California City	Tehachapi
Drove alone	73.0%	78.0%
Carpooled	13.6%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	6.4%
Other means	1.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	California City	Tehachapi
1-unit, detached	74.0%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	2.9%
20 or more units	3.8%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	California City	Tehachapi
Poverty rate	24.3%	11.9%
Average household size	2.83	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	47	26
Median year structure built	1994	1983