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Valley Acres is a tiny town of 595 people in Kern County, California. It's about 23 miles from Bakersfield, CA and 100 miles from Los Angeles, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 100°F and winter highs 60°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $315k and rent runs about $1k a month.
595people
$315kTypical home
$1,151/moRent
100° / 60°Summer / winter
0"Snow
324Sunny days
41Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 595
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 144 people per sq mi
- 100 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 23 mi to Bakersfield, CA
- 17 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $315k (≈$1,987/mo)
- Median rent $1,151/mo
- Median household income $136k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 100°F
- Winter highs around 60°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
- 33 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
- 50% of households have kids
- 7% are 65 or older
- 11% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 25 mi to BFL airport
- 92 mi to BUR (major hub)
- 25 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 70% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1988
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 440 ft
- 56 mi to the ocean
- 125 mi to a big lake
- 30 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 59 mi to the nearest ski area
- 20 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 197 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 12 bars within 25 mi
- 84 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 20 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 18% of California districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 25 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 51 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 21 mi to the nearest vet
- 17 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