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Lamont, California: commercial real estate data.
Lamont is a Census CDP of 13,164 people across 4.80 square miles of land, in Kern County. Median household income is $37,217, 47.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 11 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $4.6 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Lamont
What Lamont is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area4.8 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,744
- 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.
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How many people live in Lamont
- Population13,164
- Median age31.6
- Population under 184,030
- Share under 1830.6 percent
- Population 65 and over1,304 plus or minus 260
- Share 65 and over9.9 percent
- Households3,578
- Family households3,039
- Share of households that are families84.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Lamont
- Median household income$37,217
- Per capita income$15,193
- Civilian labor force5,883
- Employed5,297
- Unemployed586 plus or minus 216
- Unemployment rate10.0 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over7,480
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher43.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher4.6 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.3 percent plus or minus 0.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Lamont
- Housing units3,863
- Occupied units3,578
- Vacant units285 plus or minus 140
- Vacancy rate7.4 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Owner occupied1,714
- Renter occupied1,864
- Ownership rate47.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$220,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$991
- Annual rent as a share of median income32.0 percent
- Single family units3,091
- Share single family80.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more643 plus or minus 218
- Share in buildings of two or more16.6 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Mobile homes129 plus or minus 72
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Lamont gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,924
- Commuting under 15 minutes822 plus or minus 296
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.7 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,318 plus or minus 299
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.8 percent
- Drove alone78.5 percent
- Carpooled16.1 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked0.3 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home4.4 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Lamont (7(a))
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$4,577,000
- Average approval$416,091
- Median approval$325,000
- Largest approval$1,357,000
- Jobs supported38
- Jobs per approval3.5
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full1
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more36.4 percent
- Share to franchises27.3 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lamont, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 2 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Kern County, not Lamont
Kern County context, not Lamont figures
- Establishments in Kern County14,352
- Covered employment, Kern County347,664
- Average annual pay, Kern County$60,066
- Housing units permitted, Kern County3,244
Every figure in this section is published for Kern County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lamont.
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.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Lamont questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lamont, California?
13,164, in 3,578 households. Lamont CDP covers 4.80 square miles of land, which is 2,744 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lamont 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 Lamont?
$37,217. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $220,700. Median gross rent is $991 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lamont businesses?
11 7(a) approvals totaling $4.6 m since FY2020, across 5 lenders, median approval $325,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lamont, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lamont borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lamont. Only 2 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Lamont figures?
No, and they are labeled 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 Lamont.
Is zoning published for Lamont?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.