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Lake Isabella is a small town of 4,059 people in Kern County, California. It's about 37 miles from Bakersfield, CA and 108 miles from Fresno, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 98°F and winter highs 60°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $236k and rent runs about $1k a month.
4,059people
$236kTypical home
$1,163/moRent
98° / 60°Summer / winter
5"Snow
320Sunny days
47Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,059
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 187 people per sq mi
- 108 mi to Fresno, CA
- 37 mi to Bakersfield, CA
- 31 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $236k (≈$1,486/mo)
- Median rent $1,163/mo
- Median household income $27k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 98°F
- Winter highs around 60°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
- 47 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 34 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 36
- 35% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 12% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 35 mi to BFL airport
- 99 mi to BUR (major hub)
- 35 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 45% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1971
- 75% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 2,454 ft
- 103 mi to the ocean
- 115 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 7 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 37 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 14 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 33 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 33% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 97 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 40 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.