Inyokern vs Squirrel Mountain Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Inyokern and Squirrel Mountain Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Squirrel Mountain Valley has the higher population (1,020 vs 958 in Inyokern). Squirrel Mountain Valley has the higher median home value ($345,500 vs $311,700 in Inyokern). Since 2019, Inyokern's population has grown faster (+37.6% vs +4.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Inyokern	Squirrel Mountain Valley
Population	958	1,020
Median age	55.9 yrs	61.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,373	—
Median home value	$311,700	$345,500
Median gross rent	$906	—
Housing units	496	595
Homeownership rate	70.3%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	21.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inyokern	Squirrel Mountain Valley
Population	696 → 958 (+37.6%)	981 → 1,020 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$73,333 → $68,373 (-6.8%)	—
Median home value	$171,300 → $311,700 (+82.0%)	$230,700 → $345,500 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $906 (+9.8%)	$832 → $906 (+8.9%)

Inyokern

Population

696958

Median household income

$73,333$68,373

Median home value

$171,300$311,700

Median gross rent

$825$906

Squirrel Mountain Valley

Population

9811,020

Median home value

$230,700$345,500

Median gross rent

$832$906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Inyokern	Squirrel Mountain Valley
Under 5	4.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	21.3%	7.5%
18 to 24	2.1%	1.4%
25 to 34	3.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	40.3%	25.9%
65 to 74	6.8%	16.4%
75 and over	5.0%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inyokern	Squirrel Mountain Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inyokern	Squirrel Mountain Valley
No high school diploma	4.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.7%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	56.9%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inyokern	Squirrel Mountain Valley
Drove alone	97.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inyokern	Squirrel Mountain Valley
1-unit, detached	51.6%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.9%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Inyokern	Squirrel Mountain Valley
Poverty rate	17.5%	8.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	19	35
Median year structure built	1983	1973