Marsadata
Menu

Kern County

County in California. 915,075 residents. 21,069 km² of land (8,135 sq mi).

Rents

Median gross rent

$1,300USD per month, ± $21

California $2,036, U.S. $1,413

2020–2024.

Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

By number of bedrooms

Home sizeMedian rent, USD per month
Studio (no bedroom)$1,008 ± $73
1 bedroom$946 ± $32
2 bedrooms$1,197 ± $18
3 bedrooms$1,560 ± $39
4 bedrooms$1,947 ± $74
5 or more bedrooms$2,399 ± $272

2020–2024. Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Home prices

Median home value

$338,300USD, ± $2,944

California $734,700, U.S. $332,700

2020–2024.

The value is each owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, not a sale price. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $2,000,000 are published only as "$2,000,000+" and medians below $10,000 as "$10,000-".

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Houses and apartments

Type of homeAverage value, USD
All owner-occupied homes$376,789
Houses (one-unit, detached or attached)$396,284
Apartments (buildings with two or more units)$308,070
Mobile homes$139,188

2020–2024. This is an average, not a median, so a few very expensive homes pull it above the median home value. Values are each owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, not sale prices. "Apartment" means an owner-occupied home in a building with two or more units, condominiums and co-ops included; rented homes are not counted. The Census Bureau publishes no median value for houses or for apartments (only for mobile homes), which is why this figure is an average. It publishes the underlying totals for the country, most states and about a quarter of counties; no figure is shown where an input is missing. It is not shown for census tracts, where the totals are rare and too unstable to read without a margin of error. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from ACS tables B25080 (total value of owner-occupied homes by units in structure) and B25032 (owner-occupied homes by units in structure): total value divided by the number of homes. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Work and pay

Average wage

$28.88$1,155$5,005USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per month

California $44.30$1,772$7,679, U.S. $36.35$1,454$6,301

2014: $21.03$841$3,6442024: $28.88$1,155$5,005

2024.

Hourly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage divided by 40 hours. The source does not report hours worked and counts part-time jobs, so actual hourly pay is higher where part-time work is common.

Monthly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage times 52, divided by 12.

Covers jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. Wages include bonuses. It is an average per job, full-time and part-time alike, not per worker. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer. Recent figures are revised by the publisher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

Employment

347,664jobs

2014: 311,9922024: 347,664

2024.

Counts jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. A person with two jobs is counted twice. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

By industry sector

SectorWage, private sector, USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per monthJobs, private sectorEstablishments
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting$18.43$737$3,19457,71860
Health care and social assistance$26.40$1,056$4,57647,1781,896
Retail trade$19.65$786$3,40631,9052,007
Accommodation and food services$13.63$545$2,36226,6561,590
Transportation and warehousing$33.68$1,347$5,83717,8441,142
Construction$37.18$1,487$6,44415,9841,287
Manufacturing$39.90$1,596$6,91613,261402
Administrative and support and waste management services$26.38$1,055$4,57212,747703
Professional, scientific, and technical services$39.48$1,579$6,84210,3911,226
Wholesale trade$37.83$1,513$6,5568,339645
Other services (except public administration)$22.70$908$3,9357,7991,232
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction$51.80$2,072$8,9796,717163
Finance and insurance$40.90$1,636$7,0894,433586
Real estate and rental and leasing$32.70$1,308$5,6683,427752
Arts, entertainment, and recreation$12.95$518$2,2452,995177
Management of companies and enterprises$70.15$2,806$12,1592,84155
Educational services$18.95$758$3,2852,243150
Utilities$71.23$2,849$12,3461,80172
Information$30.95$1,238$5,3651,652193

Periods: 2024, 2023. “Withheld” marks cells the publisher suppresses to protect individual employers.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Businesses

Business establishments

14,352establishments

2023.

Employer establishments only: the self-employed are not counted. Excludes crop and animal production, rail transportation, the postal service, public administration and most government. The source publishes no turnover.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Business establishments per 1,000 residents

15.7per 1,000 residents

California 26.2, U.S. 25.0

2023.

The two inputs cover different periods (2023 and 2020–2024). Establishments are counted where they operate and residents where they live, so employment centres score high. The self-employed and most government are not counted.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. Calculated by Marsadata from County Business Patterns 2023 total establishments divided by the ACS 5-year 2020–2024 population estimate, times 1,000. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Energy

Residential electricity price

Published for states only. See California

Residential natural gas price

Published for states only. See California

People

Population

915,075people

2020–2024.

Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. It is a survey estimate, not a census count. The national figure covers the 50 states and the District of Columbia; Puerto Rico is published separately.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Population density

43.4people per km²

California 97.3, U.S. 36.6

2020–2024.

Land area excludes water. The national figure uses the land area of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, matching the population estimate.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from the ACS 5-year population estimate (table B01003) divided by the land area in the Census Bureau's 2025 cartographic boundary files. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages

People speaking a language other than English at home

45.7%% of people aged 5 and over

California 44.4%, U.S. 22.3%

2020–2024.

Says nothing about English ability: many of these people also speak English very well. Based on a sample survey with large margins of error for census tracts; no margin of error is given for the share.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from ACS table C16001: population aged 5 and over minus people who speak only English at home, divided by the population aged 5 and over, times 100. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages spoken at home

Language groupSharePeople
English only54.3%462,268 ± 4,929
Spanish40.1%341,331 ± 4,352
Other Indo-European languages1.6%13,747 ± 1,394
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)1.3%10,811 ± 1,523
Other Asian and Pacific Island languages0.8%6,727 ± 1,607
Arabic0.5%4,492 ± 983
Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)0.3%2,754 ± 673
Vietnamese0.3%2,452 ± 673
Korean0.2%1,454 ± 425
Other and unspecified languages0.2%1,405 ± 407
French, Haitian or Cajun0.2%1,301 ± 416
Russian, Polish or other Slavic languages0.1%1,242 ± 603
German or other West Germanic languages0.1%885 ± 324

2020–2024. Of 850,869 residents aged five and over. Shares are calculated by Marsadata from the published counts.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.