Bakersfield vs East Niles

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

Bakersfield and East Niles 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 28,586 in East Niles). Bakersfield has the higher median household income ($77,397 vs $51,250 in East Niles). Bakersfield has the higher median home value ($347,300 vs $228,100 in East Niles).

Population, income & housing

	Bakersfield	East Niles
Population	408,366	28,586
Median age	31.9 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,397	$51,250
Median home value	$347,300	$228,100
Median gross rent	$1,371	$1,219
Housing units	133,876	8,410
Homeownership rate	60.1%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	11.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bakersfield	East Niles
Population	377,917 → 408,366 (+8.1%)	29,885 → 28,586 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$63,139 → $77,397 (+22.6%)	$41,162 → $51,250 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$247,000 → $347,300 (+40.6%)	$155,600 → $228,100 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,104 → $1,371 (+24.2%)	$1,003 → $1,219 (+21.5%)

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

East Niles

Population

29,88528,586

Median household income

$41,162$51,250

Median home value

$155,600$228,100

Median gross rent

$1,003$1,219

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bakersfield	East Niles
Under 5	7.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	21.9%	25.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	12.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	4.9%
75 and over	4.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bakersfield	East Niles
White (non-Hispanic)	29.0%	10.9%
Black or African American	5.8%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	7.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	53.6%	82.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bakersfield	East Niles
No high school diploma	18.1%	37.0%
High school graduate	25.7%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bakersfield	East Niles
Drove alone	80.4%	84.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.8%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	2.4%
Other means	1.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bakersfield	East Niles
1-unit, detached	71.4%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	1.5%
20 or more units	6.5%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Bakersfield	East Niles
Poverty rate	16.0%	29.4%
Average household size	3.16	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1989	1974