Gerber vs Tehama

A side-by-side comparison of Gerber and Tehama: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gerber has the higher population (934 vs 395 in Tehama). Tehama has the higher median household income ($67,614 vs $30,694 in Gerber). Tehama has the higher median home value ($265,800 vs $129,800 in Gerber).

Population, income & housing

	Gerber	Tehama
Population	934	395
Median age	46.1 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$30,694	$67,614
Median home value	$129,800	$265,800
Median gross rent	$1,245	$877
Housing units	532	197
Homeownership rate	51.2%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gerber	Tehama
Population	1,140 → 934 (-18.1%)	481 → 395 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$47,557 → $30,694 (-35.5%)	$40,139 → $67,614 (+68.4%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $129,800 (+5.7%)	$167,000 → $265,800 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $1,245 (+79.7%)	$794 → $877 (+10.5%)

Gerber

Population

1,140934

Median household income

$47,557$30,694

Median home value

$122,800$129,800

Median gross rent

$693$1,245

Tehama

Population

481395

Median household income

$40,139$67,614

Median home value

$167,000$265,800

Median gross rent

$794$877

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gerber	Tehama
Under 5	1.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	28.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.0%
25 to 34	6.2%	3.8%
35 to 44	7.3%	17.0%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	17.5%
65 to 74	19.6%	10.9%
75 and over	3.2%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gerber	Tehama
White (non-Hispanic)	23.7%	63.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	74.0%	28.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gerber	Tehama
No high school diploma	40.1%	11.8%
High school graduate	34.1%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	9.7%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gerber	Tehama
Drove alone	69.0%	78.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	12.1%
Other means	9.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gerber	Tehama
1-unit, detached	72.0%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Gerber	Tehama
Poverty rate	35.2%	3.8%
Average household size	1.99	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1977	1963