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Casa Loma is a small town of 1,587 people in Kern County, California. It's part of the Bakersfield, CA area. Summer highs average 98°F and winter highs 58°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $256k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,587people
$256kTypical home
$1,025/moRent
98° / 58°Summer / winter
0"Snow
320Sunny days
35Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,587
- Part of a metro area
- About 4,080 people per sq mi
- 97 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- In the Bakersfield, CA area
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $256k (≈$1,615/mo)
- Median rent $1,025/mo
- Median household income $43k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 98°F
- Winter highs around 58°F
- Dry summers (dew point 40°F)
- 320 sunny days a year (207 totally clear)
- 45 cloudy days a year
- 24 of 90 winter days are gray
- 35 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 39
- 34% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 11% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 7 mi to BFL airport
- 87 mi to BUR (major hub)
- 2 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 59% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 404 ft
- 72 mi to the ocean
- 121 mi to a big lake
- 36 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 35 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 324 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 36 bars within 25 mi
- 131 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 32% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 71 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 6 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.