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Lake Isabella CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
Lake Isabella CDP is a Census CDP of 4,059 people across 21.71 square miles of land, in Kern County. Median household income is $26,661, 58.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $4.6 m.
66 sourced place values · tier FULL · 7 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Lake Isabella
What Lake Isabella is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area21.71 sq mi
- Water area0.42 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land187 plus or minus 52
- County holding the largest share of its areaKern County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Isabella
How many people live in Lake Isabella
- Population4,059 plus or minus 1,139
- Median age36.3
- Population under 181,481 plus or minus 529
- Share under 1836.5 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Population 65 and over757 plus or minus 222
- Share 65 and over18.6 percent
- Households1,669 plus or minus 346
- Family households927 plus or minus 315
- Share of households that are families55.5 percent plus or minus 15.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Isabella
Income and work in Lake Isabella
- Median household income$26,661
- Per capita income$17,896 plus or minus $5,226
- Civilian labor force911 plus or minus 384
- Employed833 plus or minus 370
- Unemployed78 plus or minus 71
- Unemployment rate8.6 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Adults 25 and over2,533
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.0 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.3 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Isabella
Housing in Lake Isabella
- Housing units2,212
- Occupied units1,669 plus or minus 346
- Vacant units543 plus or minus 254
- Vacancy rate24.5 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Owner occupied981 plus or minus 242
- Renter occupied688 plus or minus 308
- Ownership rate58.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$132,900 plus or minus $70,084
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,163
- Annual rent as a share of median income52.3 percent
- Single family units917 plus or minus 309
- Share single family41.5 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Units in buildings of two or more170 plus or minus 111
- Share in buildings of two or more7.7 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Mobile homes1,125 plus or minus 302
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Isabella
How Lake Isabella gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute711 plus or minus 349
- Commuting under 15 minutes364 plus or minus 272
- Share commuting under 15 minutes51.2 percent plus or minus 28.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more150 plus or minus 103
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.1 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Drove alone83.5 percent plus or minus 18.5
- Carpooled4.6 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home10.7 percent plus or minus 9.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Isabella
SBA loans in Lake Isabella (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$4,618,000
- Average approval$1,539,333
- Median approval$1,398,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,230,000
- Largest approval$2,230,000
- Jobs supported29
- Jobs per approval9.7
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises66.7 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Kern County, not Lake Isabella
Kern County context, not Lake Isabella figures
These are Kern County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lake Isabella measurements.
- Establishments in Kern County14,352
- Employment at those establishments, Kern County219,016
- Covered employment, Kern County347,664
- Average annual pay, Kern County$60,066
- Average weekly wage, Kern County$1,155
- Housing units permitted, Kern County3,244
- Of those, single family, Kern County2,812
- County product, 2024, Kern County$63,069,657,000
- County product change over the prior year, Kern County4.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Kern County$54,556
Every figure in this section is published for Kern County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lake Isabella. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lake Isabella questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lake Isabella, California?
4,059, in 1,669 households. Lake Isabella CDP covers 21.71 square miles of land, which is 187 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lake Isabella in?
Kern County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lake Isabella?
$26,661. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $132,900. Median gross rent is $1,163 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lake Isabella businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $4.6 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $1,398,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lake Isabella, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lake Isabella borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lake Isabella. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Lake Isabella figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kern County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lake Isabella.
Is zoning published for Lake Isabella?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.