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Census Tract 28.17, Kern, CA

5,456 Population
0.6 square miles 9,808.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.6 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bakersfield: 32.1 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kern County: 32.7 ±0.1

Economics

$20,327 ±$3,210 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Bakersfield: $33,405 ±$840
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kern County: $29,699 ±$507
$56,131 ±$20,447 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bakersfield: $80,540 ±$2,119
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kern County: $70,210 ±$1,287

29.4% ±10.6% (1,593  ±605) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Bakersfield: 16.3% 66,735 (±1% / ±3,913)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kern County: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)

30.2 minutes ±7.5 (57,260  ±17,958) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Bakersfield: 23.6 3,712,320 (±0.6 / ±114,281)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kern County: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)

Families

1,805 ±260 Number of households
  • Bakersfield: 129,625 ±1,521
  • Kern County: 284,931 ±1,239
3 ±0.6 (5,392  ±689) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Bakersfield: 3.1 407,057 (±0 / ±164)
  • a little less than the figure in Kern County: 3.1 889,475 (±0 / ±770)

9.5% ±5.9% (134  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bakersfield: 6.3% † 6,583 (±0.8% / ±799)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kern County: 6.2% 13,618 (±0.5% / ±1,093)

Housing

1,901 ±258 Number of housing units
  • Bakersfield: 135,724 ±1,410
  • Kern County: 306,999 ±246

$294,100 ±$31,784 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bakersfield: $371,700 ±$3,302
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kern County: $338,300 ±$2,944

13.4% ±6.2% (712  ±340.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bakersfield: 9.9% 40,428 (±0.8% / ±3,161.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kern County: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)

Social

78.1% ±8.3% (2,556  ±422.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Bakersfield: 81.8% 205,316 (±1.4% / ±3,954.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kern County: 77% 433,910 (±0.9% / ±5,296.6)
14.2% ±4.1% (466  ±147) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bakersfield: 23.6% 59,224 (±0.8% / ±2,021)
  • about three-quarters 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

16.7% ±5.6% (910  ±327) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bakersfield: 20.2% 83,141 (±0.7% / ±2,982)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kern County: 20.2% 185,151

3.4% ±1.8% (125  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bakersfield: 4.5% 12,982 (±0.3% / ±870)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kern County: 4.9% 31,813 (±0.2% / ±1,350)
125 Total veterans ±68 125 Male ±68 N/A Female ±19

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