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Census Tract 40.01, Kern, CA

4,167 Population
11.9 square miles 350.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shafter: 28.1 ±1.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kern County: 32.7 ±0.1

Economics

$18,379 ±$2,373 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Shafter: $24,156 ±$1,747
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kern County: $29,699 ±$507
$78,750 ±$28,962 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Shafter: $71,215 † ±$7,458
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kern County: $70,210 ±$1,287

18.1% ±6.3% (695  ±281) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shafter: 20.7% † 4,294 (±4.1% / ±853)
  • a little less than the rate in Kern County: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)

22.9 minutes ±6.7 (32,440  ±5,244) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Shafter: 23.3 185,955 (±1.7 / ±17,459)
  • a little less than the figure in Kern County: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)

Families

921 ±139 Number of households
  • Shafter: 5,677 ±307
  • Kern County: 284,931 ±1,239
4.1 ±0.6 (3,732  ±811) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shafter: 3.6 20,636 (±0.2 / ±152)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kern County: 3.1 889,475 (±0 / ±770)

4% ±2.6% (49  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Shafter: 7.1% † 422 (±2.7% / ±160)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kern County: 6.2% 13,618 (±0.5% / ±1,093)

Housing

962 ±142 Number of housing units
  • Shafter: 5,924 ±316
  • Kern County: 306,999 ±246

$280,400 ±$46,321 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shafter: $335,800 ±$19,713
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kern County: $338,300 ±$2,944

6.1% ±4.2% (253  ±180.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shafter: 7.2% † 1,504 (±2.8% / ±586.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kern County: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)

Social

69.9% ±8.4% (1,837  ±347.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Shafter: 73.4% 8,765 (±4.2% / ±639.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kern County: 77% 433,910 (±0.9% / ±5,296.6)
8.5% ±3% (223  ±86.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Shafter: 12.2% † 1,462 (±2.1% / ±260.1)
  • about half 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

31% ±8.3% (1,291  ±240) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Shafter: 23.7% † 5,021 (±3% / ±639)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kern County: 20.2% 185,151

0.9% ±0.8% (28  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Shafter: 3.3% † 461 (±0.9% / ±129)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kern County: 4.9% 31,813 (±0.2% / ±1,350)
28 Total veterans ±24 18 Male ±17 10 Female ±17

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