Census Reporter

Bakersfield, CA

379,879 Population
149.8 square miles 2,536.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

31 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 31.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,309 ±$723 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: $23,855 ±$401
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $38,576 ±$120
$65,687 ±$1,880 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: $54,851 ±$1,087
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $78,672 ±$270

17.2% ±1.1% (64,679  ±3,938) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 20.4% 175,902 (±0.7% / ±6,082)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 12.6% 4,853,434 (±0.1% / ±39,919)

23.4 minutes ±0.7 (3,531,595  ±122,789) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 23.6 7,654,995 (±0.5 / ±171,628)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29.8 498,276,585 (±0.1 / ±1,174,085)

Families

118,568 ±1,478 Number of households
  • the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 273,556 ±1,327
  • California: 13,103,114 ±18,542
3.2 ±0 (375,470  ±580) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 3.2 861,953 (±0 / ±1,341)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,521,288

7% ±0.8% (6,821  ±749) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 6.9% 14,589 (±0.4% / ±887)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.8% 463,780 (±0.1% / ±5,839)

Housing

125,143 ±1,361 Number of housing units
  • the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 299,179 ±427
  • California: 14,210,945 ±1,339

$258,700 ±$3,073 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: $226,600 ±$2,501
  • about half the amount in California: $538,500 ±$1,127

14.4% ±1% (53,830  ±3,778.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 13.7% 120,143 (±0.5% / ±4,638)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 12.4% 4,842,940 (±0.1% / ±30,091.1)

Social

81.4% ±1.5% (185,544  ±3,854.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 75.3% 409,715 (±1% / ±5,392)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 83.9% 22,378,605 (±0.2% / ±40,789.5)
22.6% ±0.9% (51,521  ±2,024.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 17.1% 93,120 (±0.5% / ±2,759.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 34.7% 9,256,873 (±0.1% / ±25,121.8)

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

19.2% ±0.7% (72,751  ±2,622) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 19.8% 176,463 (±0.3% / ±3,058)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 26.6% 10,463,818 (±0.1% / ±35,653)

4.9% ±0.4% (12,956  ±1,020) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 5.6% 35,324 (±0.2% / ±1,395)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 5% 1,525,746 (±0% / ±9,062)
12,956 Total veterans ±1,020 12,153 Male ±986 803 Female ±180

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.