Housing density: 423 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $350,791.
Median contract rent in 2022: $995 (lower quartile is $727, upper quartile is $1,282)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,202
Median gross rent in Tehachapi, CA in 2022: $1,212
Housing units in Tehachapi with a mortgage: 1,367 (97 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 91 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 0
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $96,380
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $39,076
Size of family households: 731 2-persons, 591 3-persons, 408 4-persons, 196 5-persons, 80 6-persons, 113 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,410 1-person, 196 2-persons.
1,784 married couples with children.
687 single-parent households (247 men, 440 women).
73.1% of residents of Tehachapi speak English at home.
21.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (59% speak English very well, 41% speak English well).
Foreign born population: 1,438 (11.1%)
(38.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 85.6% Number of people working at home: 197 (5.7% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 65
5 to 9 minutes: 685
10 to 14 minutes: 301
15 to 19 minutes: 408
20 to 24 minutes: 221
25 to 29 minutes: 161
30 to 34 minutes: 312
35 to 39 minutes: 64
40 to 44 minutes: 52
45 to 59 minutes: 533
60 to 89 minutes: 192
90 or more minutes: 143
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 5,059 (81.8%)
Carpooled: 629 (10.2%)
Taxi: 293 (4.7%)
Walked: 48 (0.8%)
Worked at home: 197 (3.2%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
5.0%Males
2.2%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
5.2%Males
75.9%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
22.3%Males
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
13.0%Males
8.1%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
11.1%Males
10.0%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Tehachapi, California
1442010 or later
1502000 to 2009
4171990 to 1999
2501980 to 1989
1151970 to 1979
164Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
American: 809 (11.6%)
English: 604 (8.7%)
German: 380 (5.5%)
Irish: 240 (3.4%)
European: 222 (3.2%)
Ukrainian: 187 (2.7%)
Portuguese: 109 (1.6%)
Basque: 73 (1.0%)
Ghanaian: 65 (0.9%)
Italian: 44 (0.6%)
Slavic: 37 (0.5%)
British: 35 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 30 (0.4%)
Czech: 28 (0.4%)
Slovene: 23 (0.3%)
Norwegian: 22 (0.3%)
Scottish: 18 (0.3%)
Armenian: 17 (0.2%)
Northern European: 15 (0.2%)
Haitian: 12 (0.2%)
Russian: 10 (0.1%)
Welsh: 9 (0.1%)
South African: 8 (0.1%)
Scandinavian: 7 (0.1%)
Swedish: 6 (0.09%)
Arab: 5 (0.07%)
Austrian: 4 (0.06%)
Czechoslovakian: 3 (0.04%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Tehachapi:
47.2% (693)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Ukraine
Tehachapi:
12.0% (176)
California:
0.6% (60,761)
Philippines
Tehachapi:
6.4% (94)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Guatemala
Tehachapi:
4.8% (70)
California:
2.8% (290,436)
Sri Lanka
Tehachapi:
3.2% (47)
California:
0.1% (11,287)
England
Tehachapi:
2.9% (43)
California:
0.6% (57,953)
Ghana
Tehachapi:
2.8% (41)
California:
0.1% (8,814)
Germany
Tehachapi:
2.6% (38)
California:
0.7% (73,304)
El Salvador
Tehachapi:
2.3% (34)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
Italy
Tehachapi:
2.2% (33)
California:
0.3% (31,439)
Honduras
Tehachapi:
1.7% (25)
California:
0.6% (66,590)
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Tehachapi:
1.6% (24)
California:
0.6% (60,582)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 9,161
Other state: 2,216
Northeast: 341
Midwest: 741
South: 573
West: 535
79.6% of Tehachapi residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 34.0% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 83.7% lived in California.
Tehachapi:
79.6%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 112
Nursery to 4th grade: 105
5th and 6th grade: 73
7th and 8th grade: 86
9th grade: 154
10th grade: 301
11th grade: 354
12th grade, no diploma: 264
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,909
Less than 1 year of college: 607
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,335
Associate degree: 360
Bachelor's degree: 449
Master's degree: 334
Professional school degree: 7
Doctorate degree: 36
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 114
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 14
7th and 8th grade: 57
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 10
11th grade: 29
12th grade, no diploma: 26
High school graduate (or equivalency): 565
Less than 1 year of college: 386
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 788
Associate degree: 410
Bachelor's degree: 416
Master's degree: 121
Professional school degree: 22
Doctorate degree: 53
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 3,088
One, attached: 19
Two: 36
3 or 4: 268
5 to 9: 74
10 to 19: 41
20 to 49: 13
50 or more: 136
Mobile homes: 318
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 56
Median worth of mobile homes: $123,273
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 1.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 3.1%
House/condo owner moved in on average 12 years ago