Inyokern vs Maricopa

A side-by-side comparison of Inyokern and Maricopa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maricopa has the higher population (1,015 vs 958 in Inyokern). Inyokern has the higher median household income ($68,373 vs $38,676 in Maricopa). Inyokern has the higher median home value ($311,700 vs $121,800 in Maricopa).

Population, income & housing

	Inyokern	Maricopa
Population	958	1,015
Median age	55.9 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,373	$38,676
Median home value	$311,700	$121,800
Median gross rent	$906	$943
Housing units	496	435
Homeownership rate	70.3%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	21.9%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inyokern	Maricopa
Population	696 → 958 (+37.6%)	1,229 → 1,015 (-17.4%)
Median household income	$73,333 → $68,373 (-6.8%)	$35,893 → $38,676 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$171,300 → $311,700 (+82.0%)	$77,100 → $121,800 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $906 (+9.8%)	$806 → $943 (+17.0%)

Inyokern

Population

696958

Median household income

$73,333$68,373

Median home value

$171,300$311,700

Median gross rent

$825$906

Maricopa

Population

1,2291,015

Median household income

$35,893$38,676

Median home value

$77,100$121,800

Median gross rent

$806$943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Inyokern	Maricopa
Under 5	4.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	21.2%
18 to 24	2.1%	3.6%
25 to 34	3.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	40.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.8%	12.6%
75 and over	5.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inyokern	Maricopa
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	53.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.0%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	33.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inyokern	Maricopa
No high school diploma	4.7%	29.7%
High school graduate	23.7%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	56.9%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inyokern	Maricopa
Drove alone	97.9%	85.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inyokern	Maricopa
1-unit, detached	51.6%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.9%	30.8%

Poverty & households

	Inyokern	Maricopa
Poverty rate	17.5%	16.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1983	1968