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34.84° N · 119.17° W · GEOID 0657240

Pine Mountain Club

Kern County, California · part of the Bakersfield, CA metro

Limited data population under 5,000

CaliforniaPine Mountain Club, CAPine Mountain ClubPine Mountain Club

The short answer

Pine Mountain Club is home to 2,838 people. Median household income is $69,375 a year and median rent is $2,145 a month, 37.1% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). That is above the usual 30% line for cost burden. The median home is valued at $394,600, about 5.7x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$2,145
57% above the median place
Median household income
$69,375
14% below the median place
Median home value
$394,600
24% above the median place
Unemployment
9.9%
102% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Pine Mountain Club

  • Counting remote workers as zero, the average worker spends about 345 hours a year commuting, more than in 99% of the 2,101 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 3rd-highest of 614 California places.
  • The median rent takes 37.1% of the median household's income, a bigger share than in 98% of places its size.
  • 40% of homes stand vacant, more than in 97% of places its size.
  • Owning with a mortgage costs only about $56 a month more than the median rent, a smaller gap than in 92% of places its size.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent rose 10.2% a year while household income rose 5%, so rent outran pay by more than in 89% of places its size.
01

Moving to Pine Mountain Club

Kern County loses about 2.0 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in23,856
Moved out25,282
Net−1,426

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Within California, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within CaliforniaOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$55K
Leavers$62K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Kern County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
11.0% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 0.7% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Kern County report $55,100 a year in income on average; those leaving, $62,400, so leavers earn more than newcomers.
Income you would need
$85,800 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $2,145 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $2,201 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $394,600.
Getting to work
56 minutes each way on average; 20.5% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Fruitville, FL matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
11.0%
92% above the median place
Moved from another state1
0.7%
66% below the median place
Income of households moving in7
$55,079
22% below the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasurePine Mountain ClubAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year111.0%92% above
Moved from another state1County figure0.7%66% below
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure-2.0233% below
Income of households moving in7County figure$55,07922% below
Income of households moving out7County figure$62,41911% below
02

What it costs to live here

Vacant homes is 40.1%, above the median place (median 7.1%).

Pine Mountain Club37.1%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$85,800
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
37.1%
82% above the median place
Home price to income
5.7x
50% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
37%
over the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$42,000
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Pine Mountain Club, $2,145 a month, and local prices for everything else (103.1 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Pine Mountain Club, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
North Bay Village, FL30.7% vs 37.1%$13,000Compare
South Patrick Shores, FL28.8% vs 37.1%$20,200Compare
Plymouth, MA26.9% vs 37.1%$17,400Compare

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Vacant homes1
40.1%
above the median place (median 7.1%)
Homeownership1
82.7%
24% above the median place
Property tax rate1
0.7%
19% below the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasurePine Mountain ClubAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$2,14557% above
Rent to income137.1%82% above
Property tax rate10.7%19% below
Home price to income15.7x50% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure100.90% above
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,6563% above
HUD area median income4County figure$81,90024% below
Property tax paid (median)1$2,90611% below
Median home value1$394,60024% above
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure2.0%37% below
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure51.0%1% below
Homeownership182.7%24% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure56.4%12% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,20118% above
Vacant homes140.1%above (median 7.1%)
Median year built119810% above
03

Work and pay

Mean commute is 56 min, 126% above the median place.

Mean commute1
56 min
126% above the median place
Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Unemployment1
9.9%
102% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Works from home20.5% +65%
Income per person$45,778 +14%
Median household income$69,375 −14%
Poverty rate10.3% −4%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasurePine Mountain ClubAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$69,37514% below
Income per person1$45,77814% above
Unemployment19.9%102% above
Average annual pay6County figure$61,7376% below
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure2.8%24% below
Jobs6County figure347,044130% above
Poverty rate110.3%4% below
Mean commute156 min126% above
Works from home120.5%65% above
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

Household size is 2.0, 19% below the median place.

Household size1
2.0
19% below the median place
Median age1
48.6
25% above the median place
Bachelor's or higher1
42.7%
33% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Born abroad11.4% +29%
High school or higher93.7% +1%
Homes with broadband93.0% +1%
All 8 people measures
MeasurePine Mountain ClubAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population12,8386646th largest
Median age148.625% above
Bachelor's or higher142.7%33% above
High school or higher193.7%1% above
Household size12.019% below
Born abroad111.4%29% above
No health insurance1County figure7.8%22% above
Homes with broadband193.0%1% above
05

Life in Pine Mountain Club

26 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 4 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents14.1 +39%
Playgrounds per 10k7.0 −25%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k31.7 2.8×
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails4 km +95%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars15.9 −24%
Shops21.9 −28%
Arts, recreation and fitness1.9 −54%
Doctors' offices and clinics15.0 −26%
Child care centers1.5 −35%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Public schools11
1
89% below the median place
Public school students11
54
99% below the median place
Students per teacher11
18.0
17% above the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasurePine Mountain ClubAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools11189% below
Public school students115499% below
Students per teacher1118.017% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure15.924% below
Shops per 10k8County figure21.928% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure1.954% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure15.026% below
Child care centers per 10k8County figure1.535% below
Parks per 10k914.139% above
Playgrounds per 10k97.025% below
Grocery stores per 10k90.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k931.7184% above
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails93.995% above
Transit stops per sq mi90.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings10County figure26100% above
06

Safety, weather and risk

Annual precipitation is 8.9 in, 80% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Pine Mountain Club. Larger places are fetched first.

Annual precipitation12
8.9 in
80% below the median place
July average high12
96°F
10% above the median place
Heat wave risk13
99.5
10% above the median place
All 10 weather and risk measures
MeasurePine Mountain ClubAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high12County figure96°F10% above
January average low12County figure36°F44% above
Average temperature12County figure62°F13% above
Annual precipitation12County figure8.9 in80% below
Natural hazard risk13County figure98.97% above
Tornado risk13County figure19.876% below
Wildfire risk13County figure99.863% above
Heat wave risk13County figure99.510% above
Median air quality index14County figure7063% above
Good air days14County figure17.5%74% below
08

Pine Mountain Club in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 38% of the median income in 2030, up from 37% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$2,145/mo (2024)$2,810/mo$2,300 to $3,420/mo+4.6%
Median household income$69,375 (2024)$87,500$74,000 to $103,500+4.0%
Median home value$394,600 (2024)$571,000$415,000 to $787,000+6.4%

The median home would be worth 6.5 years of the median income in 2030, against 5.7 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Pine Mountain Club

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Fruitville, FL$1,977$82,246Compare
North Bay Village, FL$2,157$84,405Compare
Delray Beach, FL$1,961$82,041Compare
Tamiami, FL$1,939$78,353Compare
Tamiami, FLDelray Beach, FLNorth Bay Village, FLFruitville, FLPine Mountain Club, CAPine Mountain ClubFruitvilleTamiamiPine Mountain ClubFruitvilleTamiami

Common questions

Is Pine Mountain Club a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Counting remote workers as zero, the average worker spends about 345 hours a year commuting, more than in 99% of the 2,101 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 3rd-highest of 614 California places. The median rent takes 37.1% of the median household's income, a bigger share than in 98% of places its size. On cost, space and class size it scores 12 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Pine Mountain Club expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 37.1% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a heavier load here than usual. The median home is valued at $394,600.

What salary do you need to live in Pine Mountain Club?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $85,800 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Pine Mountain Club?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Fruitville, FL, North Bay Village, FL, Delray Beach, FL and Tamiami, FL.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  11. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  12. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  13. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  14. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Pine Mountain Club with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Pine Mountain Club itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/pine-mountain-club-california

Citytistics. “Pine Mountain Club, California.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/pine-mountain-club-california/

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