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Pine Mountain Club is a small town of 2,838 people in Kern County, California. It's about 36 miles from Bakersfield, CA and 71 miles from Los Angeles, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 78°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 2 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $395k and rent runs about $2k a month.
2,838people
$395kTypical home
$2,145/moRent
78° / 46°Summer / winter
2"Snow
330Sunny days
39Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,838
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 168 people per sq mi
- 71 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 36 mi to Bakersfield, CA
- 31 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $395k (≈$2,488/mo)
- Median rent $2,145/mo
- Median household income $69k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 10.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 78°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Dry summers (dew point 40°F)
- 330 sunny days a year (198 totally clear)
- 35 cloudy days a year
- 19 of 90 winter days are gray
- 39 days a year with rain or snow
- 2" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- 17 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (646 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,864 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 49
- 21% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 39% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 55 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 41 mi to BFL airport
- 64 mi to BUR (major hub)
- 38 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1981
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 5,791 ft
- 36 mi to the ocean
- 152 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 69 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 84 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 5 bars within 25 mi
- 33 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 27 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 6% of California districts (reading)
- 27 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 23 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 39 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 27 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 29 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Kern County: R+21 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk