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City in California

Bakersfield, CA

Kern County

City and county seat of Kern County, California, United States.

Population
417,468 (2024)
Density
2,775 / sq mi
Land area
150.4 sq mi
Water area
1.5 sq mi
Elevation
404 ft
Founded
1869
Coordinates
35.3532, -119.0379

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Photos of Bakersfield

  • 2009-0726-CA-BHS-HarveyAud

    Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0

  • 1942 Studebaker President (3487496773)

    Craig Howell from San Carlos… · CC BY 2.0

  • Kuzana Facing Away

    $odapop · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Bakersfield, United States (Unsplash)

    Spencer Kaff spencer_kaff · CC0

  • Boy Scout Troop 188 - Kern County Fairgrounds - "The Hat" (37090004113)

    Bruce Andersen · CC BY 2.0

  • Mervyn's (5337410231)

    Damian Gadal · CC BY 2.0

  • Larson's Food and Gas, Benton Park, Bakersfield

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Climate

July average high
98°F
January average low
41°F
Annual rainfall
6.4 in
Annual snowfall
0.1 in
  1. 59° 41° Jan 1.2"
  2. 64° 43° Feb 1.2"
  3. 70° 47° Mar 1.2"
  4. 76° 51° Apr 0.6"
  5. 84° 58° May 0.3"
  6. 92° 65° Jun 0.1"
  7. 98° 71° Jul 0.0"
  8. 97° 70° Aug 0.0"
  9. 91° 65° Sep 0.1"
  10. 80° 55° Oct 0.3"
  11. 67° 45° Nov 0.5"
  12. 59° 40° Dec 1.1"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Bakersfield Ap (9 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Bakersfield ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$77,397
Median rent
$1,371 / mo
Median home value
$347,300
Median age
31.9
Unemployment
7.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher
23.3%
Poverty rate
16.0%
Renter-occupied homes
39.9%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
148
Students enrolled
122,490
Students per teacher
22.7 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
75.3%
Charter schools
1.4%
School districts serving the city
18

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Districts: Bakersfield City, Panama-Buena Vista Union, Kern High, Greenfield Union, Rosedale Union Elementary

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
34.7%
No leisure-time physical activity
30.0%
Adults with diabetes
12.6%
Adults who smoke
13.5%
Frequent mental distress
19.4%
Sleeping under 7 hours
38.5%
Adults without health insurance
15.3%
Routine checkup in past year
71.6%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
41.2%
Share of city that is parkland
6.1%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
13.1
Median air quality index (county)
70
Unhealthy air days (county)
65

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
92.9%
Households with no internet
5.2%
Average commute
24.1 min
Work from home
7.2%
Commute by transit
0.6%
Commute on foot
0.8%
Commute by bike
0.1%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Kern County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 9 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Wildfire: relatively high
  • Heat wave: relatively high
  • Earthquake: relatively high
  • Landslide: relatively high

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 93301
  • 93304
  • 93305
  • 93306
  • 93307
  • 93309
  • 93311
  • 93312
  • 93313
  • 93314