Kernville vs Mountain Mesa

A side-by-side comparison of Kernville and Mountain Mesa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kernville has the higher population (688 vs 587 in Mountain Mesa). Mountain Mesa has the higher median household income ($60,231 vs $49,489 in Kernville). Kernville has the higher median home value ($357,100 vs $219,800 in Mountain Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Kernville	Mountain Mesa
Population	688	587
Median age	65.6 yrs	72.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,489	$60,231
Median home value	$357,100	$219,800
Housing units	767	302
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	23.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kernville	Mountain Mesa
Population	663 → 688 (+3.8%)	1,396 → 587 (-58.0%)
Median household income	$23,288 → $49,489 (+112.5%)	$38,175 → $60,231 (+57.8%)
Median home value	$232,300 → $357,100 (+53.7%)	$177,200 → $219,800 (+24.0%)

Kernville

Population

663688

Median household income

$23,288$49,489

Median home value

$232,300$357,100

Mountain Mesa

Population

1,396587

Median household income

$38,175$60,231

Median home value

$177,200$219,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kernville	Mountain Mesa
Under 5	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	0.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	1.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	2.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	0.7%
55 to 64	27.9%	16.7%
65 to 74	43.2%	22.0%
75 and over	14.4%	42.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kernville	Mountain Mesa
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	90.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	11.5%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kernville	Mountain Mesa
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.2%
High school graduate	4.7%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	44.7%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kernville	Mountain Mesa
Drove alone	81.3%	71.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	28.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kernville	Mountain Mesa
1-unit, detached	61.5%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.1%	23.5%

Poverty & households

	Kernville	Mountain Mesa
Poverty rate	2.5%	21.6%
Average household size	1.52	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	62	18
Median year structure built	1981	1979