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Bakersfield, CA

384,159 Population
149.8 square miles 2,565.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.4 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 31.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 37 ±0.1

Economics

$28,428 ±$1,907 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: $24,524 ±$987
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $39,393 ±$177
$62,402 ±$2,931 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: $53,067 ±$2,168
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $80,440 ±$313

14.6% ±2.7% (55,566  ±10,166) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 19.1% 166,768 (±1.8% / ±15,709)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 11.8% 4,552,837 (±0.2% / ±67,995)

24.4 minutes ±1.3 (3,720,515  ±251,620) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 24.2 8,135,780 (±0.9 / ±356,470)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 30.7 538,138,130 (±0.1 / ±2,278,526)

Families

116,558 ±3,205 Number of households
  • the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 272,888 ±3,419
  • California: 13,157,873 ±23,844
3.3 ±0.1 (380,070  ±991) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 3.2 873,334 (±0 / ±1,790)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,685,702 (±0)

7.8% ±2.3% (7,500  ±2,176) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 6.6% † 14,123 (±1.1% / ±2,376)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.7% 450,971 (±0.1% / ±10,955)

Housing

124,863 ±3,248 Number of housing units
  • the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 302,927 ±559
  • California: 14,367,012 ±1,286

$264,500 ±$9,802 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: $235,800 ±$5,388
  • about half the amount in California: $568,500 ±$2,502

13.6% ±2.5% (51,570  ±9,556.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 13.4% † 118,986 (±1.5% / ±13,423.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12% 4,689,828 (±0.2% / ±63,097.7)

Social

81% ±3.3% (188,483  ±8,496.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 76.3% 421,376 (±2.1% / ±11,731.3)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 84% 22,636,359 (±0.3% / ±78,234.5)
22.4% ±1.7% (52,064  ±4,184.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 17.1% 94,296 (±1% / ±5,646.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 35% 9,428,484 (±0.2% / ±44,753.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

20.3% ±1.9% (77,874  ±7,277) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 19.8% 178,403 (±1% / ±8,921)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,564,220 (±0.1% / ±55,357)

4.4% ±0.8% (11,717  ±2,235) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bakersfield, CA Metro Area: 5.3% 33,687 (±0.5% / ±3,096)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 1,471,467 (±0.1% / ±19,838)
11,717 Total veterans ±2,235 10,781 Male ±2,164 936 Female ±399

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