East Bakersfield vs Golden Hills

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

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

Golden Hills has the higher population (10,445 vs 10,377 in East Bakersfield). Golden Hills has the higher median household income ($94,654 vs $36,039 in East Bakersfield). Golden Hills has the higher median home value ($376,300 vs $202,400 in East Bakersfield).

Population, income & housing

	East Bakersfield	Golden Hills
Population	10,377	10,445
Median age	27.0 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,039	$94,654
Median home value	$202,400	$376,300
Median gross rent	$1,005	$1,248
Housing units	3,145	4,358
Homeownership rate	13.7%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Bakersfield	Golden Hills
Population	10,254 → 10,377 (+1.2%)	9,351 → 10,445 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$28,409 → $36,039 (+26.9%)	$64,862 → $94,654 (+45.9%)
Median home value	$124,700 → $202,400 (+62.3%)	$261,000 → $376,300 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$849 → $1,005 (+18.4%)	$1,036 → $1,248 (+20.5%)

East Bakersfield

Population

10,25410,377

Median household income

$28,409$36,039

Median home value

$124,700$202,400

Median gross rent

$849$1,005

Golden Hills

Population

9,35110,445

Median household income

$64,862$94,654

Median home value

$261,000$376,300

Median gross rent

$1,036$1,248

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Bakersfield	Golden Hills
Under 5	6.6%	7.9%
5 to 17	30.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	10.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.4%
55 to 64	8.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	4.8%	14.3%
75 and over	1.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Bakersfield	Golden Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	11.7%	64.7%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	83.6%	29.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Bakersfield	Golden Hills
No high school diploma	50.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	31.5%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	15.0%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Bakersfield	Golden Hills
Drove alone	77.5%	79.5%
Carpooled	12.4%	10.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	10.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Bakersfield	Golden Hills
1-unit, detached	54.3%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	25.9%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	4.5%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	East Bakersfield	Golden Hills
Poverty rate	39.5%	12.0%
Average household size	3.46	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1970	1986