Bakersfield vs Oildale

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

Bakersfield and Oildale 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 34,971 in Oildale). Bakersfield has the higher median household income ($77,397 vs $49,622 in Oildale). Bakersfield has the higher median home value ($347,300 vs $225,000 in Oildale).

Population, income & housing

	Bakersfield	Oildale
Population	408,366	34,971
Median age	31.9 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,397	$49,622
Median home value	$347,300	$225,000
Median gross rent	$1,371	$1,220
Housing units	133,876	13,882
Homeownership rate	60.1%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bakersfield	Oildale
Population	377,917 → 408,366 (+8.1%)	34,763 → 34,971 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$63,139 → $77,397 (+22.6%)	$38,099 → $49,622 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$247,000 → $347,300 (+40.6%)	$160,300 → $225,000 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,104 → $1,371 (+24.2%)	$978 → $1,220 (+24.7%)

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

Oildale

Population

34,76334,971

Median household income

$38,099$49,622

Median home value

$160,300$225,000

Median gross rent

$978$1,220

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bakersfield	Oildale
Under 5	7.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	21.9%	20.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.2%
75 and over	4.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bakersfield	Oildale
White (non-Hispanic)	29.0%	59.5%
Black or African American	5.8%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	7.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	53.6%	31.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bakersfield	Oildale
No high school diploma	18.1%	17.8%
High school graduate	25.7%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bakersfield	Oildale
Drove alone	80.4%	79.2%
Carpooled	9.8%	13.1%
Public transit	0.5%	1.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	4.3%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bakersfield	Oildale
1-unit, detached	71.4%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	18.7%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	3.9%
20 or more units	6.5%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Bakersfield	Oildale
Poverty rate	16.0%	26.9%
Average household size	3.16	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1989	1968