What percentage of people rent in China Lake Acres, CA?

Name: Renters and owners in China Lake Acres, CA, 2020–2024
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32.5% (±15.0 points) of the occupied homes in China Lake Acres, CA are rented (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

That is 301 renting households against 625 that own their home.

In China Lake Acres, the share of households that rent went from 52.1% in 2015–2019 to 32.5% in 2020–2024 (−19.6 percentage points), not a measurable change.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Households that rent: 32.5% (±15.0 points)
Renting households: 301 (±185)

Who rents and who owns in China Lake Acres

Tenure, estimate (90% margin of error)
	China Lake Acres	Kern County	California	United States
Renter-occupied share	32.5% (±15.0 points)	39.9% (±0.8 points)	44.1% (±0.2 points)	34.8%
Renting households	301 (±185)	113,798 (±2,337)	5,980,523 (±22,985)	45,017,354
Owning households	625 (±154)	171,133 (±2,447)	7,567,568 (±37,334)	84,210,142
Average renter household size	3.0 (±1.5)	3.1 (±0.0)	2.7 (±0.0)	2.3
Average owner household size	2.7 (±0.4)	3.2 (±0.0)	3.0 (±0.0)	2.6
Median renter household income	—	$46,101 (±$1,578)	$71,186 (±$298)	$52,966
Median owner household income	$82,188 (±$51,846)	$91,440 (±$1,757)	$127,456 (±$424)	$100,009

In China Lake Acres, the renter share is not measurably different from Kern County (39.9%).

It is not measurably different from California (44.1%).

It is not measurably different from the national figure (34.8%).

In Kern County, China Lake Acres ranks 37 of 49 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest renter share.

Statewide, it ranks 578 of 1,076.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How renting in China Lake Acres has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Households that rent	52.1% (±14.8 points)	32.5% (±15.0 points)	−19.6 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Median gross rent	$919 (±$84)	$1,283 (±$383)	+39.6%	No measurable change after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Households that rent in places near China Lake Acres

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with China Lake Acres
Place	Distance	Households that rent	Compared with this place
China Lake Acres	—	32.5% (±15.0 points)	—
Ridgecrest	5.8 mi	41.2% (±3.3 points)	Not measurably different
Searles Valley	23 mi	36.7% (±8.1 points)	Not measurably different
Weldon	30 mi	20.8% (±8.8 points)	Not measurably different
California City	35 mi	45.0% (±6.5 points)	Not measurably different
Squirrel Mountain Valley	36 mi	10.3% (±12.9 points)	Lower
Wofford Heights	40 mi	24.2% (±10.6 points)	Not measurably different
Lake Isabella	40 mi	41.2% (±13.5 points)	Not measurably different
Bodfish	41 mi	34.8% (±15.3 points)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Squirrel Mountain Valley, CA (10.3%).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Households that rent across Kern County, place by place

Rank	Place	Households that rent
31	Bakersfield	39.4% (±1.3 points)
32	Benton Park	39.3% (±10.3 points)
33	Rexland Acres	37.7% (±13.4 points)
34	Delano	37.2% (±3.9 points)
35	Shafter	35.3% (±5.5 points)
36	Bodfish	34.8% (±15.3 points)
37	China Lake Acres	32.5% (±15.0 points)
38	Frazier Park	32.4% (±14.0 points)
39	Wofford Heights	24.2% (±10.6 points)
40	Rosamond	23.1% (±3.8 points)
41	Weldon	20.8% (±8.8 points)
42	Greenacres	18.8% (±7.1 points)
43	Golden Hills	17.7% (±5.9 points)

Showing 13 of 49 places in Kern County, ranked from highest to lowest.

China Lake Acres is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about China Lake Acres

How many renters are there in China Lake Acres?

China Lake Acres has an estimated 301 (±185) renting households, 32.5% of its occupied homes (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is renting growing in China Lake Acres?

In China Lake Acres, the share of households that rent went from 52.1% in 2015–2019 to 32.5% in 2020–2024 (−19.6 percentage points), not a measurable change.

How big are renting households in China Lake Acres?

A renting household in China Lake Acres has 3.0 people on average, against 2.7 in an owned home.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) and detailed tables (acs/acs5) for China Lake Acres CDP, California (place:13157, in state:06).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, B25064_001E, B25064_001M, B19013_001E, B19013_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0047E, DP04_0047M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0049E, DP04_0049M, DP04_0048E, DP04_0048M, B25119_003E, B25119_003M, B25119_002E, B25119_002M

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.