Bakersfield vs Delano

A side-by-side comparison of Bakersfield and Delano: population, income, housing, and more.

Bakersfield and Delano are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bakersfield has the higher population (408,366 vs 50,835 in Delano). Bakersfield has the higher median household income ($77,397 vs $61,817 in Delano). Bakersfield has the higher median home value ($347,300 vs $270,300 in Delano).

Population, income & housing

	Bakersfield	Delano
Population	408,366	50,835
Median age	31.9 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,397	$61,817
Median home value	$347,300	$270,300
Median gross rent	$1,371	$1,111
Housing units	133,876	12,388
Homeownership rate	60.1%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bakersfield	Delano
Population	377,917 → 408,366 (+8.1%)	52,886 → 50,835 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$63,139 → $77,397 (+22.6%)	$43,641 → $61,817 (+41.6%)
Median home value	$247,000 → $347,300 (+40.6%)	$182,900 → $270,300 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,104 → $1,371 (+24.2%)	$903 → $1,111 (+23.0%)

Bakersfield

Population

377,917408,366

Median household income

$63,139$77,397

Median home value

$247,000$347,300

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,371

Delano

Population

52,88650,835

Median household income

$43,641$61,817

Median home value

$182,900$270,300

Median gross rent

$903$1,111

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bakersfield	Delano
Under 5	7.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	11.5%
25 to 34	15.6%	16.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	6.0%
75 and over	4.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bakersfield	Delano
White (non-Hispanic)	29.0%	5.4%
Black or African American	5.8%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	7.5%	13.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	53.6%	76.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bakersfield	Delano
No high school diploma	18.1%	36.9%
High school graduate	25.7%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bakersfield	Delano
Drove alone	80.4%	73.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	23.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.1%	2.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bakersfield	Delano
1-unit, detached	71.4%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	5.4%
20 or more units	6.5%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Bakersfield	Delano
Poverty rate	16.0%	15.9%
Average household size	3.16	3.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1989	1987