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Census Tract 36, Kern, CA

4,512 Population
2.1 square miles 2,140.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.3 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Taft: 26.1 † ±2.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kern County: 32.7 ±0.1

Economics

$21,801 ±$3,873 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Taft: $13,982 † ±$3,154
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kern County: $29,699 ±$507
$53,106 ±$10,174 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Taft: $43,039 † ±$21,592
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kern County: $70,210 ±$1,287

27.4% ±11.8% (1,238  ±564) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Taft: 35% † 1,029 (±15.7% / ±525)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kern County: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)

30.2 minutes ±6.9 (47,570  ±14,872) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Taft: 37 † 34,625 (±10.1 / ±14,624)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kern County: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)

Families

1,424 ±152 Number of households
  • South Taft: 782 † ±158
  • Kern County: 284,931 ±1,239
3.2 ±0.3 (4,512  ±683) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Taft: 3.8 † 2,939 (±0.5 / ±709)
  • about the same as the figure in Kern County: 3.1 889,475 (±0 / ±770)

3.1% ±4% (38  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Taft: 4.1% † 38 (±5.2% / ±49)
  • about half the rate in Kern County: 6.2% 13,618 (±0.5% / ±1,093)

Housing

1,607 ±125 Number of housing units
  • South Taft: 832 † ±144
  • Kern County: 306,999 ±246

$205,200 ±$32,995 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Taft: $184,600 † ±$73,114
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kern County: $338,300 ±$2,944

9.5% ±6.7% (429  ±309.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in South Taft: 9.5% † 278 (±9.5% / ±285.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kern County: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)

Social

64.1% ±5.1% (1,674  ±284.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Taft: 58.1% 900 (±5.5% / ±228.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kern County: 77% 433,910 (±0.9% / ±5,296.6)
13.4% ±4.5% (349  ±128.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Taft: 7.8% † 120 (±5.9% / ±95.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

23.8% ±9.2% (1,074  ±444) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Taft: 30% † 883 (±11.4% / ±396)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kern County: 20.2% 185,151

1.5% ±1.1% (48  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Taft: 1.9% † 38 (±1.7% / ±36)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kern County: 4.9% 31,813 (±0.2% / ±1,350)
48 Total veterans ±38 44 Male ±35 4 Female ±12

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