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Bakersfield, CA

413,376 Population
150.3 square miles 2,750.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 32.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,431 ±$1,408 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $29,201 ±$767
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$79,355 ±$4,035 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $68,893 ±$2,594
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

17.3% ±2.1% (70,818  ±8,469) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 19.2% 172,010 (±1.3% / ±11,640)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

24.9 minutes ±1 (4,049,185  ±203,225) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 25.5 8,799,820 (±0.8 / ±333,989)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)

Families

130,761 ±3,257 Number of households
  • the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 289,845 ±2,825
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
3.1 ±0.1 (408,105  ±354) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 3.1 894,676 (±0 / ±527)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

6.6% ±1.4% (6,869  ±1,501) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 6% † 13,116 (±0.9% / ±1,951)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

136,572 ±3,269 Number of housing units
  • the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 309,632 ±178
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$375,800 ±$8,016 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $346,600 ±$5,349
  • about half the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

10.1% ±1.7% (41,299  ±7,095.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 8.5% † 77,106 (±1% / ±8,743)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

81.5% ±2.5% (202,484  ±7,344.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 76.4% 431,131 (±1.8% / ±10,303.7)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
22.2% ±1.4% (55,063  ±3,685.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 18% 101,832 (±0.9% / ±4,923.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

18.4% ±1.2% (75,942  ±4,758) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 19.5% 178,023
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

4.9% ±0.6% (14,146  ±1,866) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 4.9% 31,860 (±0.4% / ±2,560)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
14,146 Total veterans ±1,866 12,790 Male ±1,681 1,356 Female ±735

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