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Bakersfield, CA Urban Area

578,542 Population
132.1 square miles 4,378.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,029 ±$1,022 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$71,615 ±$3,134 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

19.3% ±1.6% (110,789  ±9,518) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.2 minutes ±0.9 (5,666,800  ±263,950) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

182,170 ±3,443 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
3.1 ±0.1 (572,293  ±9,289) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6% ±1.1% (8,695  ±1,599) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

191,065 ±3,094 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$363,000 ±$6,698 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.2% ±1.4% (52,560  ±7,862.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

78.6% ±2% (274,247  ±8,302.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
19.1% ±1.1% (66,762  ±3,992) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

18.5% ±0.9% (107,046  ±5,629) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.4% ±0.5% (17,977  ±2,029) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
17,977 Total veterans ±2,029 16,370 Male ±1,857 1,607 Female ±794

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