East Bakersfield vs Tehachapi

A side-by-side comparison of East Bakersfield and Tehachapi: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tehachapi has the higher population (12,366 vs 10,377 in East Bakersfield). Tehachapi has the higher median household income ($67,785 vs $36,039 in East Bakersfield). Tehachapi has the higher median home value ($344,700 vs $202,400 in East Bakersfield).

Population, income & housing

	East Bakersfield	Tehachapi
Population	10,377	12,366
Median age	27.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,039	$67,785
Median home value	$202,400	$344,700
Median gross rent	$1,005	$1,278
Housing units	3,145	3,898
Homeownership rate	13.7%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Bakersfield	Tehachapi
Population	10,254 → 10,377 (+1.2%)	12,680 → 12,366 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$28,409 → $36,039 (+26.9%)	$54,083 → $67,785 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$124,700 → $202,400 (+62.3%)	$211,200 → $344,700 (+63.2%)
Median gross rent	$849 → $1,005 (+18.4%)	$1,015 → $1,278 (+25.9%)

East Bakersfield

Population

10,25410,377

Median household income

$28,409$36,039

Median home value

$124,700$202,400

Median gross rent

$849$1,005

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)

	East Bakersfield	Tehachapi
Under 5	6.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	30.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	16.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	18.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	7.8%
75 and over	1.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Bakersfield	Tehachapi
White (non-Hispanic)	11.7%	48.4%
Black or African American	3.6%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	83.6%	39.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Bakersfield	Tehachapi
No high school diploma	50.5%	21.3%
High school graduate	31.5%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	15.0%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Bakersfield	Tehachapi
Drove alone	77.5%	78.0%
Carpooled	12.4%	13.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	6.4%
Other means	1.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Bakersfield	Tehachapi
1-unit, detached	54.3%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	25.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	3.8%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	East Bakersfield	Tehachapi
Poverty rate	39.5%	11.9%
Average household size	3.46	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1970	1983