Searles Valley vs Yermo

A side-by-side comparison of Searles Valley and Yermo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Searles Valley has the higher population (1,698 vs 846 in Yermo). Searles Valley has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $56,414 in Yermo). Since 2019, Searles Valley's population has grown faster (+0.5% vs -21.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Searles Valley	Yermo
Population	1,698	846
Median age	33.3 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$56,414
Median home value	$68,500	—
Median gross rent	$809	$623
Housing units	847	448
Homeownership rate	60.8%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	45.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Searles Valley	Yermo
Population	1,689 → 1,698 (+0.5%)	1,082 → 846 (-21.8%)
Median household income	$36,806 → $65,625 (+78.3%)	$49,769 → $56,414 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$57,700 → $68,500 (+18.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$621 → $809 (+30.3%)	$531 → $623 (+17.3%)

Searles Valley

Population

1,6891,698

Median household income

$36,806$65,625

Median home value

$57,700$68,500

Median gross rent

$621$809

Yermo

Population

1,082846

Median household income

$49,769$56,414

Median gross rent

$531$623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Searles Valley	Yermo
Under 5	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.4%	5.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	34.5%
45 to 54	6.4%	17.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	17.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	5.6%
75 and over	5.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Searles Valley	Yermo
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	78.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	16.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.3%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Searles Valley	Yermo
No high school diploma	10.9%	12.1%
High school graduate	39.3%	61.1%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Searles Valley	Yermo
Drove alone	76.5%	81.3%
Carpooled	13.5%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	11.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Searles Valley	Yermo
1-unit, detached	81.8%	47.1%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	48.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Searles Valley	Yermo
Poverty rate	18.1%	12.2%
Average household size	2.83	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1957	1949