Hillcrest vs Tehachapi

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

Hillcrest 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 10,203 in Hillcrest). Tehachapi has the higher median household income ($67,785 vs $44,954 in Hillcrest). Tehachapi has the higher median home value ($344,700 vs $250,300 in Hillcrest).

Population, income & housing

	Hillcrest	Tehachapi
Population	10,203	12,366
Median age	29.5 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,954	$67,785
Median home value	$250,300	$344,700
Median gross rent	$1,197	$1,278
Housing units	3,070	3,898
Homeownership rate	47.9%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillcrest	Tehachapi
Population	11,801 → 10,203 (-13.5%)	12,680 → 12,366 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$50,279 → $44,954 (-10.6%)	$54,083 → $67,785 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$173,800 → $250,300 (+44.0%)	$211,200 → $344,700 (+63.2%)
Median gross rent	$916 → $1,197 (+30.7%)	$1,015 → $1,278 (+25.9%)

Hillcrest

Population

11,80110,203

Median household income

$50,279$44,954

Median home value

$173,800$250,300

Median gross rent

$916$1,197

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)

	Hillcrest	Tehachapi
Under 5	6.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	27.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	17.6%	16.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	18.2%
45 to 54	7.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	6.2%	7.8%
75 and over	4.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillcrest	Tehachapi
White (non-Hispanic)	13.3%	48.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	82.0%	39.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillcrest	Tehachapi
No high school diploma	34.8%	21.3%
High school graduate	33.1%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillcrest	Tehachapi
Drove alone	70.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	18.5%	13.2%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	6.4%
Other means	1.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillcrest	Tehachapi
1-unit, detached	77.0%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	2.9%
20 or more units	8.2%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Hillcrest	Tehachapi
Poverty rate	29.2%	11.9%
Average household size	3.58	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1957	1983