For population 25 years and over in Squirrel Mountain Valley:
High school or higher: 91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.6%
Graduate or professional degree: 13.7%
Unemployed: 0.0%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.7 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Squirrel Mountain Valley CDP:
Never married: 17.8%
Now married: 68.2%
Separated: 0.0%
Widowed: 6.8%
Divorced: 7.2%
21 residents are foreign born (2.2% North America, 2.0% Europe).
This place:
4.2%
California:
26.2%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,902 (0.6%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $1,146 (0.4%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: East Kern, CA (39.6 miles , pop. 69,614).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Bakersfield, CA (39.6 miles , pop. 247,057).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (106.4 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Squirrel Mountain Valley-area historical earthquake activity is near California state average. It is 1673% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 7/21/1952 at 11:52:14, a magnitude 7.7 (7.7 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 54.6 miles away from the city center, causing $50,000,000 total damage On 2/9/1971 at 14:00:41, a magnitude 6.5 (6.5 UK, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 84.6 miles away from Squirrel Mountain Valley center, causing 65 deaths (65 shaking deaths), causing $535,000,000 total damage On 9/20/1995 at 23:27:36, a magnitude 6.1 (5.0 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.6 MW, 6.1 ML, Depth: 3.4 mi) earthquake occurred 38.4 miles away from the city center On 8/22/1952 at 22:41:24, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 UK, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 35.0 miles away from the city center On 7/11/1992 at 18:14:16, a magnitude 5.7 (5.3 MB, 4.9 MS, 5.6 ML, 5.7 ML, Depth: 6.6 mi) earthquake occurred 47.7 miles away from Squirrel Mountain Valley center On 1/17/1994 at 23:33:30, a magnitude 5.9 (5.7 MB, 5.9 MS, 5.9 MW, 5.6 ML, Depth: 6.1 mi) earthquake occurred 95.8 miles away from the city center Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Kern County (24) is a lot greater than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 14 Emergencies Declared: 3
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 11, Fires: 9, Storms: 7, Winter Storms: 4, Landslides: 3, Mudslides: 3, Freezes: 2, Heavy Rain: 1, Snow: 1, Tornado: 1, Wind: 1, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Squirrel Mountain Valley:
KERN VALLEY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT (Critical Access Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 5 miles away; LAKE ISABELLA, CA)
SIERRA VIEW DISTRICT HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 30 miles away; PORTERVILLE, CA)
KERN MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Local, provides emergency services, about 30 miles away; BAKERSFIELD, CA)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Squirrel Mountain Valley:
Bakersfield College (about 36 miles; Bakersfield, CA; Full-time enrollment: 5,962)
California State University-Bakersfield (about 44 miles; Bakersfield, CA; FT enrollment: 6,534)
Antelope Valley College (about 67 miles; Lancaster, CA; FT enrollment: 4,777)
College of the Sequoias (about 71 miles; Visalia, CA; FT enrollment: 5,975)
College of the Canyons (about 85 miles; Santa Clarita, CA; FT enrollment: 6,129)
Reedley College (about 90 miles; Reedley, CA; FT enrollment: 6,207)
Los Angeles Mission College (about 91 miles; Sylmar, CA; FT enrollment: 2,500)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 13.8. This is significantly better than average.
City:
13.8
U.S.:
32.0
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 14.9. This is significantly better than average.Closest monitor was 16.7 miles away from the city center.
City:
14.9
U.S.:
22.1
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 10.6%
(10.9% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents)
Religion statistics for Squirrel Mountain Valley (based on Kern County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 43.65%
Here
43.7%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Catholic Church
Southern Baptist Convention
LDS (Mormon) Church
Assemblies of God
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
Adherents
58.3%
10.0%
4.8%
3.6%
3.0%
Congregations
6.2%
13.3%
7.3%
8.9%
4.0%
Name
Non-Charismatic Churches Independent
Churches of Christ
American Baptist Churches in the USA
United Methodist Church
Other
Adherents
2.0%
1.6%
1.6%
1.5%
13.7%
Congregations
0.8%
7.7%
2.9%
3.7%
45.1%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 190
Kern County:
2.41 / 10,000 pop.
California:
2.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 3
This county:
0.04 / 10,000 pop.
State:
0.04 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 63
Kern County:
0.80 / 10,000 pop.
California:
0.62 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 165
Kern County:
2.10 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.49 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 362
Here:
4.60 / 10,000 pop.
State:
7.42 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
This county:
8.0%
California:
7.3%
Adult obesity rate:
Kern County:
29.4%
California:
21.3%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
This county:
15.9%
State:
17.9%
5.81% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,274 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
5.81%
California average:
5.75%
0.12% of residents moved from foreign countries ($659 average AGI)
Kern County:
0.12%
California average:
0.21%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
