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Buttonwillow CCD, Kern County, CA

3,096 Population
185.5 square miles 16.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±3.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kern County: 32.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,165 ±$4,737 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kern County: $29,699 ±$507
  • about half the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,052 ±$11,271 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kern County: $70,210 ±$1,287
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.8% ±8.9% (581  ±292) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Kern County: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.6 minutes ±7.3 (32,785  ±5,786) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kern County: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

844 ±116 Number of households
  • Kern County: 284,931 ±1,239
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.7 ±0.3 (3,083  ±503) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kern County: 3.1 889,475 (±0 / ±770)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±4% (28  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kern County: 6.2% 13,618 (±0.5% / ±1,093)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

970 ±124 Number of housing units
  • Kern County: 306,999 ±246
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$270,000 ±$98,200 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kern County: $338,300 ±$2,944
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.6% ±3.5% (141  ±109.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Kern County: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

59.8% ±7.9% (1,098  ±244) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kern County: 77% 433,910 (±0.9% / ±5,296.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
5.8% ±2.9% (106  ±56.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Kern County: 18.8% 105,790 (±0.5% / ±2,614.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

28.9% ±5.3% (896  ±220) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kern County: 20.2% 185,151
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301
  • about double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±3% (111  ±67) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kern County: 4.9% 31,813 (±0.2% / ±1,350)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
111 Total veterans ±67 84 Male ±59 27 Female ±30

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