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Census Tract 59, Kern, CA

4,492 Population
18.9 square miles 237.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.3 ±5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Mojave: 31.1 † ±4.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kern County: 32.7 ±0.1

Economics

$23,740 ±$4,306 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Mojave: $25,155 † ±$3,929
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kern County: $29,699 ±$507
$52,734 ±$17,120 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Mojave: $55,660 † ±$13,147
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kern County: $70,210 ±$1,287

27% ±10.2% (1,201  ±489) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Mojave: 25.5% † 1,306 (±8.7% / ±486)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kern County: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)

29.9 minutes ±4.6 (40,790  ±13,286) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Mojave: 31.5 † 49,210 (±3.8 / ±14,469)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kern County: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)

Families

1,529 ±219 Number of households
  • Mojave: 1,733 † ±261
  • Kern County: 284,931 ±1,239
2.9 ±0.2 (4,492  ±693) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mojave: 3 † 5,173 (±0.6 / ±779)
  • a little less than the figure in Kern County: 3.1 889,475 (±0 / ±770)

4.1% ±4.8% (46  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mojave: 3.8% † 46 (±4.4% / ±55)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kern County: 6.2% 13,618 (±0.5% / ±1,093)

Housing

1,615 ±217 Number of housing units
  • Mojave: 1,887 † ±253
  • Kern County: 306,999 ±246

$207,100 ±$24,807 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Mojave: $213,600 † ±$28,143
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kern County: $338,300 ±$2,944

6.7% ±3.2% (299  ±148.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mojave: 6% † 309 (±2.8% / ±150.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kern County: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)

Social

74.7% ±8.9% (1,877  ±375.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mojave: 77.6% 2,286 (±5.5% / ±397.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Kern County: 77% 433,910 (±0.9% / ±5,296.6)
4.7% ±2.8% (119  ±72.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Mojave: 8.7% † 255 (±3.8% / ±119.6)
  • about one-quarter 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

8.1% ±3.7% (363  ±176) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mojave: 7.3% † 378 (±3.3% / ±180)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kern County: 20.2% 185,151

4.1% ±2.8% (122  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mojave: 5% † 171 (±2.8% / ±99)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kern County: 4.9% 31,813 (±0.2% / ±1,350)
122 Total veterans ±87 105 Male ±83 17 Female ±22

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