Lamont vs Tehachapi

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

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

Lamont has the higher population (13,481 vs 12,366 in Tehachapi). Tehachapi has the higher median household income ($67,785 vs $34,436 in Lamont). Tehachapi has the higher median home value ($344,700 vs $210,700 in Lamont).

Population, income & housing

	Lamont	Tehachapi
Population	13,481	12,366
Median age	31.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$34,436	$67,785
Median home value	$210,700	$344,700
Median gross rent	$982	$1,278
Housing units	3,939	3,898
Homeownership rate	45.5%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamont	Tehachapi
Population	14,799 → 13,481 (-8.9%)	12,680 → 12,366 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$43,297 → $34,436 (-20.5%)	$54,083 → $67,785 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$139,800 → $210,700 (+50.7%)	$211,200 → $344,700 (+63.2%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $982 (+18.5%)	$1,015 → $1,278 (+25.9%)

Lamont

Population

14,79913,481

Median household income

$43,297$34,436

Median home value

$139,800$210,700

Median gross rent

$829$982

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)

	Lamont	Tehachapi
Under 5	6.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	24.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	12.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	16.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	18.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.8%
75 and over	3.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamont	Tehachapi
White (non-Hispanic)	3.5%	48.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	94.0%	39.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamont	Tehachapi
No high school diploma	59.1%	21.3%
High school graduate	21.3%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamont	Tehachapi
Drove alone	80.4%	78.0%
Carpooled	13.8%	13.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.4%
Other means	0.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamont	Tehachapi
1-unit, detached	75.6%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	2.9%
20 or more units	4.5%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Lamont	Tehachapi
Poverty rate	34.9%	11.9%
Average household size	3.67	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1972	1983