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Census Tract 4, Kern, CA

4,524 Population
1.2 square miles 3,879.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±5.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Oildale: 35.9 ±1.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Kern County: 32.7 ±0.1

Economics

$15,837 ±$2,882 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Oildale: $25,014 ±$1,826
  • about half the amount in Kern County: $29,699 ±$507
$29,298 ±$2,562 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Oildale: $51,298 ±$3,807
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kern County: $70,210 ±$1,287

33.1% ±8% (1,492  ±462) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oildale: 25.2% † 8,707 (±4.6% / ±1,696)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kern County: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)

30.6 minutes ±6.2 (33,525  ±11,347) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Oildale: 23.3 280,425 (±1.3 / ±30,799)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kern County: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)

Families

1,692 ±197 Number of households
  • Oildale: 12,982 ±733
  • Kern County: 284,931 ±1,239
2.6 ±0.4 (4,431  ±883) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Oildale: 2.7 34,577 (±0.1 / ±2,261)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kern County: 3.1 889,475 (±0 / ±770)

2.5% ±3.3% (26  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Oildale: 5% † 423 (±2% / ±169)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kern County: 6.2% 13,618 (±0.5% / ±1,093)

Housing

1,898 ±181 Number of housing units
  • Oildale: 13,918 ±711
  • Kern County: 306,999 ±246

$135,200 ±$27,702 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Oildale: $238,800 ±$11,668
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kern County: $338,300 ±$2,944

11.1% ±6.5% (497  ±305.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oildale: 9% † 3,110 (±1.7% / ±602.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kern County: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)

Social

76% ±6.6% (2,222  ±359.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Oildale: 80.7% † 18,266 (±8.2% / ±1,282.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kern County: 77% 433,910 (±0.9% / ±5,296.6)
5.5% ±3.1% (160  ±94.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oildale: 12.4% † 2,797 (±1.8% / ±464.5)
  • about one-quarter of 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

8.4% ±4% (382  ±196) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Oildale: 8.2% † 2,854 (±1.8% / ±638)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kern County: 20.2% 185,151

4.7% ±3.2% (146  ±103) 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)
146 Total veterans ±103 136 Male ±100 10 Female ±17

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