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Kern High School District, CA

672,381 Population
2,986.8 square miles 225.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kern County: 32.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,130 ±$885 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Kern County: $29,201 ±$767
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$68,806 ±$3,075 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Kern County: $68,893 ±$2,594
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

20.6% ±1.5% (137,304  ±10,317) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kern County: 19.2% 172,010 (±1.3% / ±11,640)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

25.2 minutes ±0.9 (6,467,645  ±286,217) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Kern County: 25.5 8,799,820 (±0.8 / ±333,989)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)

Families

211,277 ±3,886 Number of households
  • Kern County: 289,845 ±2,825
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
3.2 ±0.1 (664,524  ±8,943) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kern County: 3.1 894,676 (±0 / ±527)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

6.1% ±1.1% (10,225  ±1,897) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Kern County: 6% † 13,116 (±0.9% / ±1,951)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

223,882 ±3,391 Number of housing units
  • Kern County: 309,632 ±178
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$360,600 ±$6,991 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Kern County: $346,600 ±$5,349
  • about half the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

8.6% ±1.2% (56,685  ±8,172.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Kern County: 8.5% † 77,106 (±1% / ±8,743)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

77% ±1.8% (311,814  ±8,674.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kern County: 76.4% 431,131 (±1.8% / ±10,303.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
18.7% ±1% (75,617  ±4,190.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kern County: 18% 101,832 (±0.9% / ±4,923.1)
  • about half 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

19.3% ±0.9% (129,914  ±5,956) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Kern County: 19.5% 178,023
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

4.3% ±0.5% (20,220  ±2,201) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kern County: 4.9% 31,860 (±0.4% / ±2,560)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
20,220 Total veterans ±2,201 18,317 Male ±1,983 1,903 Female ±943

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