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West Kern CCD, Kern County, CA

27,015 Population
1,151.2 square miles 23.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kern County: 32.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$28,883 ±$2,232 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Kern County: $29,238 ±$519
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$53,184 ±$5,093 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kern County: $67,660 ±$1,400
  • about half the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

23.6% ±3.7% (6,241  ±1,058) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kern County: 19.1% 168,825 (±0.8% / ±6,993)
  • about double the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

29.7 minutes ±3.1 (285,910  ±45,053) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kern County: 24.4 8,067,250 (±0.3 / ±147,877)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

10,063 ±614 Number of households
  • Kern County: 281,416 ±1,216
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.6 ±0.1 (26,495  ±1,738) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kern County: 3.2 885,143 (±0 / ±258)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

5.1% ±3% (317  ±192) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kern County: 6.2% 13,518 (±0.4% / ±797)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

12,420 ±519 Number of housing units
  • Kern County: 304,481 ±166
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$261,300 ±$20,475 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kern County: $310,600 ±$3,299
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

13.2% ±2.7% (3,533  ±746.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kern County: 9.6% 86,455 (±0.5% / ±4,539)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

79.4% ±1.6% (14,523  ±1,104.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kern County: 77.1% 431,038 (±1% / ±5,486.2)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
16.2% ±2.4% (2,967  ±482) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kern County: 18.6% 103,791 (±0.5% / ±2,694.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14.3% ±2.4% (3,871  ±688) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kern County: 19.7% 179,758
  • about half the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

4.8% ±1.2% (1,004  ±264) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Kern County: 5.1% 32,696 (±0.2% / ±1,439)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
1,004 Total veterans ±264 903 Male ±245 101 Female ±72

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