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Bakersfield, CA Urban Area

566,351 Population
132.1 square miles 4,286.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,377 ±$1,141 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$72,353 ±$3,556 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.9% ±1.5% (106,353  ±8,938) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.9 minutes ±0.8 (4,922,005  ±249,568) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

181,115 ±3,814 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.1 ±0.1 (560,506  ±11,018) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.5% ±1.1% (9,308  ±1,549) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

189,853 ±4,386 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$382,700 ±$10,029 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.9% ±1.2% (49,720  ±6,893.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

78.6% ±1.7% (270,644  ±8,111.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
20.9% ±1.2% (72,091  ±4,418.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

21% ±1.3% (118,823  ±7,560) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.6% ±0.4% (14,539  ±1,779) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
14,539 Total veterans ±1,779 12,948 Male ±1,725 1,591 Female ±683

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