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Census Tract 38.17, Kern, CA

3,940 Population
0.8 square miles 4,970.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Bakersfield: 32.1 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kern County: 32.7 ±0.1

Economics

$50,458 ±$10,189 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Bakersfield: $33,405 ±$840
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kern County: $29,699 ±$507
$145,558 ±$36,608 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Bakersfield: $80,540 ±$2,119
  • more than double the amount in Kern County: $70,210 ±$1,287

6.4% ±4.7% (251  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bakersfield: 16.3% 66,735 (±1% / ±3,913)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kern County: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)

22.6 minutes ±1.7 (47,655  ±10,001) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Bakersfield: 23.6 3,712,320 (±0.6 / ±114,281)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kern County: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)

Families

1,309 ±130 Number of households
  • Bakersfield: 129,625 ±1,521
  • Kern County: 284,931 ±1,239
3 ±0.3 (3,935  ±552) 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)

5.5% ±7% (45  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bakersfield: 6.3% † 6,583 (±0.8% / ±799)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kern County: 6.2% 13,618 (±0.5% / ±1,093)

Housing

1,309 ±130 Number of housing units
  • Bakersfield: 135,724 ±1,410
  • Kern County: 306,999 ±246

$440,400 ±$13,421 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

4.1% ±3.2% (158  ±125.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bakersfield: 9.9% 40,428 (±0.8% / ±3,161.6)
  • about half the rate in Kern County: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)

Social

93.6% ±10.4% (2,542  ±413.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 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)
35.4% ±8.4% (962  ±255.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bakersfield: 23.6% 59,224 (±0.8% / ±2,021)
  • nearly double 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

10.8% ±4.5% (426  ±188) 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

6.7% ±2.9% (212  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bakersfield: 4.5% 12,982 (±0.3% / ±870)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kern County: 4.9% 31,813 (±0.2% / ±1,350)
212 Total veterans ±97 201 Male ±92 11 Female ±17

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