† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupTehachapiCaliforniaUnited States
German10.5%6.8%12.5%
English10.3%6.3%9.5%
Irish8.9%5.9%9.4%
American6.5%2.8%5.3%
Italian3.5%3.4%4.8%
French1.8%1.3%1.6%
Scottish1.8%0.9%1.3%
Polish1.1%0.9%2.2%
Mexican33.6%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran1.0%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.5%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.3%0.3%—
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
African American†5.4%4.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.3%0.5%
Filipino0.7%3.3%0.9%
Asian Indian0.5%2.3%1.4%
Aztec7.2%0.3%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Tehachapi
California
United States
Median age
39.1
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
5.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.5%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Tehachapi
California
United States
Median household income
$72,957
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.5%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Tehachapi
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
27.8%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
23.6%
28.4%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.3%
0.7%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Tehachapi
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Tehachapi, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−46.6%
2008
−31.2%
2012
−34.6%
2016
−34.8%
2020
−30.6%
2024
−32.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
32.5%Harris1,299
64.6%Trump2,585
3.0%
R+32.1
R+1.5
R+30.7
4,003
R
33.3%Biden1,435
63.9%Trump2,756
2.9%
R+30.6
D+4.2
R+35.1
4,314
R
29.1%Clinton950
63.9%Trump2,088
7.0%
R+34.8
R+0.2
R+36.9
3,266
R
31.3%Obama945
65.9%Romney1,989
2.7%
R+34.6
R+3.4
R+38.5
3,016
R
34.1%Obama1,021
65.3%McCain1,957
0.7%
R+31.2
D+15.4
R+38.5
2,998
R
26.3%Kerry741
73.0%Bush2,054
0.7%
R+46.6
—
R+44.2
2,815
Tehachapi sits at roughly 4,000 feet in the Tehachapi Mountains, where the famous Tehachapi Loop railroad landmark anchors a small city that trends notably more conservative than the surrounding San Joaquin Valley floor communities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 46.6 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.1 points.
A population of 11,946, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,957 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Levelland and Dumas.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Tehachapi, California voted Republican by 32.1 points (R+32.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,003 votes cast, 1,299 went Democratic and 2,585 went Republican.
How many people live in Tehachapi, California?
Tehachapi, California has a population of 11,946 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tehachapi, California?
Median household income in Tehachapi, California is $72,957 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Tehachapi, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Tehachapi, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
