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Lost Hills is a small town of 1,926 people in Kern County, California. It's about 41 miles from Bakersfield, CA and 80 miles from Fresno, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 99°F and winter highs 58°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $188k and rent runs about $841 a month.
1,926people
$188kTypical home
$841/moRent
99° / 58°Summer / winter
0"Snow
324Sunny days
33Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,926
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 347 people per sq mi
- 80 mi to Fresno, CA
- 41 mi to Bakersfield, CA
- 18 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $188k (≈$1,182/mo)
- Median rent $841/mo
- Median household income $46k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 99°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
- 33 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 40 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 25
- 58% of households have kids
- 7% are 65 or older
- 5% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 38 mi to BFL airport
- 79 mi to FAT (major hub)
- 20 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 55% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1993
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 253 ft
- 64 mi to the ocean
- 94 mi to a big lake
- 60 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 63 mi to the nearest ski area
- 29 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 12 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 3 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 38 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 30% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 29 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 60 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 20 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 38 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