City safety & data profile

TehachapiCA

Tehachapi, CA is a 13K-resident city in Kern County with a median household income of $72,957.

Kern County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Tehachapi, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Tehachapi has a population larger than 18% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $355,500, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

13K
Population (place)
Bottom 19%
By size
$72,957
Median income (place)
$355,500
Median home (place)
13.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Tehachapi

Tehachapi posts a median household income higher than 41% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Tehachapi area.

Bottom 42%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Tehachapi

Where Tehachapi income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$72,957 Bottom 41% higher than 41% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Tehachapi $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Tehachapi, CA beyond the headline numbers

Tehachapi sits inside Kern County, California, at roughly 35.13°N, -118.45°W. Population 13,021, $72,957 median household income. Median home value $355,500, median rent $1,295. Poverty rate 13.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Tehachapi, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Tehachapi, CA stands at 13.9%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Tehachapi runs about 4.9 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 7.2% of Tehachapi workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.7% in Tehachapi, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Tehachapi workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Tehachapi from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
13,021
Tehachapi · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$72,957
-18% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$355,500
-14% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Kern County): Tehachapi's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
915K+8%
Median Income
$70,210+45%
Median Home Value
$338,300+109%
Poverty Rate
19.1%-17%
Unemployment
8.6%-37%

Economics

Economics indicators for Tehachapi, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,295/mo
Poverty Rate
13.9% +12% vs avg
Unemployment 6.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 15.5%
Work From Home 7.2%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 54.6%
African American 6%
Asian 1.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
39.1%
Obesity
35.2%
High Blood Pressure
32%
Physical Inactivity
27%
Binge Drinking
19.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.4%
Current Smoking
15.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
14.2%
Diabetes
11.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 57.5%
Annual Checkup 69.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10%
Coronary Heart Disease
6%
Stroke
3.3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
ADVENTIST HEALTH TEHACHAPI VALLEY
TEHACHAPI · Critical Access Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Tehachapi?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Tehachapi right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-TEHACHAPI · Tehachapi

Tehachapi: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Tehachapi

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Tehachapi.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Tehachapi; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Tehachapi, CA? ▼
Tehachapi, CA has a population of 13,021 people, located in Kern County, California.
What is the median household income in Tehachapi? ▼
The median household income in Tehachapi, CA is $72,957 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 13.9%.
What is the median home value in Tehachapi? ▼
The median home value in Tehachapi, CA is $355,500. Median rent is $1,295/month.
What are the top health concerns in Tehachapi? ▼
The top health indicators in Tehachapi include Short Sleep Duration (39.1%), Obesity (35.2%), High Blood Pressure (32%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Tehachapi? ▼
Tehachapi has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Tehachapi? ▼
The median age in Tehachapi, CA is 39.1 years. 15.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Tehachapi, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (13.9% here).

Massillon, OH 13.9% Easley, SC 13.9% Parma Heights, OH 13.9% Four Corners, OR 13.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($72,957 here).

Reynoldsburg, OH $72,972 Leavenworth, KS $72,987 Crest Hill, IL $73,033 Four Corners, FL $72,879

Compare Tehachapi with another city

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Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

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Using Tehachapi's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Tehachapi area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Tehachapi against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Kern County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.