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Census Tract 3, Kern, CA

4,266 Population
0.6 square miles 7,277.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±9.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Oildale: 35.9 ±1.8
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kern County: 32.7 ±0.1

Economics

$22,940 ±$4,337 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oildale: $25,014 ±$1,826
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kern County: $29,699 ±$507
$47,543 ±$11,869 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oildale: $51,298 ±$3,807
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kern County: $70,210 ±$1,287

27.8% ±8.7% (1,184  ±415) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oildale: 25.2% † 8,707 (±4.6% / ±1,696)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kern County: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)

23.3 minutes ±3.9 (35,840  ±10,442) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Oildale: 23.3 280,425 (±1.3 / ±30,799)
  • a little less than the figure in Kern County: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)

Families

1,772 ±298 Number of households
  • Oildale: 12,982 ±733
  • Kern County: 284,931 ±1,239
2.4 ±0.6 (4,266  ±667) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oildale: 2.7 34,577 (±0.1 / ±2,261)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kern County: 3.1 889,475 (±0 / ±770)

2% ±2.5% (17  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oildale: 5% † 423 (±2% / ±169)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kern County: 6.2% 13,618 (±0.5% / ±1,093)

Housing

1,941 ±299 Number of housing units
  • Oildale: 13,918 ±711
  • Kern County: 306,999 ±246

$173,800 ±$150,815 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oildale: $238,800 ±$11,668
  • about half the amount in Kern County: $338,300 ±$2,944

6.5% ±3% (275  ±134.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oildale: 9% † 3,110 (±1.7% / ±602.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kern County: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)

Social

73.3% ±20.6% (2,323  ±448.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oildale: 80.7% † 18,266 (±8.2% / ±1,282.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Kern County: 77% 433,910 (±0.9% / ±5,296.6)
8.4% ±3.6% (266  ±125.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oildale: 12.4% † 2,797 (±1.8% / ±464.5)
  • about half the rate in Kern County: 18.8% 105,790 (±0.5% / ±2,614.4)

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

11.7% ±5.5% (498  ±249) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oildale: 8.2% † 2,854 (±1.8% / ±638)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kern County: 20.2% 185,151

4.7% ±2.1% (168  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oildale: 5.8% † 1,503 (±2% / ±526)
  • a little less than the rate in Kern County: 4.9% 31,813 (±0.2% / ±1,350)
168 Total veterans ±82 160 Male ±82 8 Female ±12

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