Potomac Park vs Tehachapi

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

Potomac Park 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 10,634 in Potomac Park). Tehachapi has the higher median household income ($67,785 vs $45,617 in Potomac Park). Tehachapi has the higher median home value ($344,700 vs $201,200 in Potomac Park).

Population, income & housing

	Potomac Park	Tehachapi
Population	10,634	12,366
Median age	23.6 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,617	$67,785
Median home value	$201,200	$344,700
Median gross rent	$1,162	$1,278
Housing units	2,759	3,898
Homeownership rate	31.5%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Potomac Park	Tehachapi
Population	10,833 → 10,634 (-1.8%)	12,680 → 12,366 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$40,129 → $45,617 (+13.7%)	$54,083 → $67,785 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$123,800 → $201,200 (+62.5%)	$211,200 → $344,700 (+63.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,162 (+9.8%)	$1,015 → $1,278 (+25.9%)

Potomac Park

Population

10,83310,634

Median household income

$40,129$45,617

Median home value

$123,800$201,200

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,162

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)

	Potomac Park	Tehachapi
Under 5	8.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	28.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	15.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	16.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	18.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	6.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	3.2%	7.8%
75 and over	2.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Potomac Park	Tehachapi
White (non-Hispanic)	6.1%	48.4%
Black or African American	7.0%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	85.9%	39.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Potomac Park	Tehachapi
No high school diploma	45.6%	21.3%
High school graduate	31.1%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Potomac Park	Tehachapi
Drove alone	73.9%	78.0%
Carpooled	15.9%	13.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	6.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Potomac Park	Tehachapi
1-unit, detached	75.9%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	2.9%
20 or more units	4.4%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Potomac Park	Tehachapi
Poverty rate	30.9%	11.9%
Average household size	4.31	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1968	1983