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Taft Heights is a small town of 1,291 people in Kern County, California. It's about 29 miles from Bakersfield, CA and 98 miles from Los Angeles, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 97°F and winter highs 58°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $194k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,291people
$194kTypical home
$1,066/moRent
97° / 58°Summer / winter
0"Snow
324Sunny days
41Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,291
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 4,361 people per sq mi
- 98 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 29 mi to Bakersfield, CA
- 23 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $194k (≈$1,222/mo)
- Median rent $1,066/mo
- Median household income $54k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 12.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 97°F
- Winter highs around 58°F
- Dry summers (dew point 40°F)
- 324 sunny days a year (211 totally clear)
- 41 cloudy days a year
- 24 of 90 winter days are gray
- 41 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 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 31
- 34% of households have kids
- 9% are 65 or older
- 16% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 31 mi to BFL airport
- 90 mi to BUR (major hub)
- 31 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 91% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1947
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 1,161 ft
- 50 mi to the ocean
- 129 mi to a big lake
- 27 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 65 mi to the nearest ski area
- 15 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 79 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 31 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 25 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 23% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 31 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 45 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 27 mi to the nearest vet
- 22 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 26 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