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Buttonwillow is a small town of 1,163 people in Kern County, California. It's about 23 miles from Bakersfield, CA and 97 miles from Fresno, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 98°F and winter highs 58°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $214k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,163people
$214kTypical home
$1,131/moRent
98° / 58°Summer / winter
0"Snow
324Sunny days
32Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,163
- Part of a metro area
- About 168 people per sq mi
- 97 mi to Fresno, CA
- 23 mi to Bakersfield, CA
- 13 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $214k (≈$1,347/mo)
- Median rent $1,131/mo
- Median household income $35k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 98°F
- Winter highs around 58°F
- Dry summers (dew point 44°F)
- 324 sunny days a year (211 totally clear)
- 41 cloudy days a year
- 24 of 90 winter days are gray
- 32 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 32 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (646 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,864 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 29
- 47% of households have kids
- 10% are 65 or older
- 7% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 32 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 22 mi to BFL airport
- 96 mi to FAT (major hub)
- 14 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1967
- 72% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 302 ft
- 69 mi to the ocean
- 111 mi to a big lake
- 43 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 54 mi to the nearest ski area
- 17 mi to the nearest campground
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 210 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 23 bars within 25 mi
- 84 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 10 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 20 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 6% of California districts (reading)
- 11 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 24 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 64 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 14 mi to the nearest vet
- 16 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 20 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Kern County: R+21 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk