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Census Tract 38.15, Kern, CA

5,964 Population
1 square miles 6,167.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Bakersfield: 32.1 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Kern County: 32.7 ±0.1

Economics

$41,992 ±$5,587 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Bakersfield: $33,405 ±$840
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kern County: $29,699 ±$507
$137,793 ±$26,866 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Bakersfield: $80,540 ±$2,119
  • about double the amount in Kern County: $70,210 ±$1,287

9.4% ±6.1% (555  ±377) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bakersfield: 16.3% 66,735 (±1% / ±3,913)
  • about half the rate in Kern County: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)

20.3 minutes ±7.5 (57,975  ±14,674) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bakersfield: 23.6 3,712,320 (±0.6 / ±114,281)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kern County: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)

Families

1,831 ±299 Number of households
  • Bakersfield: 129,625 ±1,521
  • Kern County: 284,931 ±1,239
3.3 ±0.3 (5,961  ±1,128) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Bakersfield: 3.1 407,057 (±0 / ±164)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kern County: 3.1 889,475 (±0 / ±770)

18% ±21.1% (274  ±332) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Bakersfield: 6.3% † 6,583 (±0.8% / ±799)
  • more than double the rate in Kern County: 6.2% 13,618 (±0.5% / ±1,093)

Housing

1,860 ±294 Number of housing units
  • Bakersfield: 135,724 ±1,410
  • Kern County: 306,999 ±246

$445,800 ±$12,673 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Bakersfield: $371,700 ±$3,302
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kern County: $338,300 ±$2,944

6.4% ±2.7% (373  ±168.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bakersfield: 9.9% 40,428 (±0.8% / ±3,161.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kern County: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)

Social

93.7% ±8.4% (3,460  ±668.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bakersfield: 81.8% 205,316 (±1.4% / ±3,954.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kern County: 77% 433,910 (±0.9% / ±5,296.6)
28% ±4.3% (1,034  ±238.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bakersfield: 23.6% 59,224 (±0.8% / ±2,021)
  • about 1.5 times 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

10.7% ±3.3% (639  ±229) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Bakersfield: 20.2% 83,141 (±0.7% / ±2,982)
  • about half the rate in Kern County: 20.2% 185,151

8.6% ±7% (345  ±284) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Bakersfield: 4.5% 12,982 (±0.3% / ±870)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kern County: 4.9% 31,813 (±0.2% / ±1,350)
345 Total veterans ±284 303 Male ±278 42 Female ±69

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