Los Molinos vs Rancho Tehama Reserve

A side-by-side comparison of Los Molinos and Rancho Tehama Reserve: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Los Molinos has the higher population (1,590 vs 1,102 in Rancho Tehama Reserve). Rancho Tehama Reserve has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $34,324 in Los Molinos). Los Molinos has the higher median home value ($220,300 vs $149,000 in Rancho Tehama Reserve).

Population, income & housing

	Los Molinos	Rancho Tehama Reserve
Population	1,590	1,102
Median age	35.6 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$34,324	$43,750
Median home value	$220,300	$149,000
Median gross rent	$1,108	$939
Housing units	891	672
Homeownership rate	58.3%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Molinos	Rancho Tehama Reserve
Population	1,746 → 1,590 (-8.9%)	1,682 → 1,102 (-34.5%)
Median household income	$41,000 → $34,324 (-16.3%)	$26,514 → $43,750 (+65.0%)
Median home value	$154,700 → $220,300 (+42.4%)	$109,300 → $149,000 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,061 → $1,108 (+4.4%)	$851 → $939 (+10.3%)

Los Molinos

Population

1,7461,590

Median household income

$41,000$34,324

Median home value

$154,700$220,300

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,108

Rancho Tehama Reserve

Population

1,6821,102

Median household income

$26,514$43,750

Median home value

$109,300$149,000

Median gross rent

$851$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Los Molinos	Rancho Tehama Reserve
Under 5	4.1%	12.3%
5 to 17	18.7%	4.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	17.3%	7.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	3.1%
55 to 64	9.6%	19.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	28.0%
75 and over	5.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Molinos	Rancho Tehama Reserve
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	52.1%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Molinos	Rancho Tehama Reserve
No high school diploma	15.2%	17.2%
High school graduate	33.2%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Molinos	Rancho Tehama Reserve
Drove alone	77.1%	75.8%
Carpooled	10.8%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	8.3%
Other means	6.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Molinos	Rancho Tehama Reserve
1-unit, detached	71.5%	34.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.2%	65.3%

Poverty & households

	Los Molinos	Rancho Tehama Reserve
Poverty rate	33.8%	30.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1968	1991