Who owns and who rents in Bakersfield?

The share of households that own versus rent in Bakersfield, CA, how that split has changed since 2015 and how it compares with the county, state and nation.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

Bakersfield's housing is split like this.

Homeowner households: 60% — U.S.: 65%

Occupied households

• Own: 76767
• Rent: 50859

Homeownership rate

• Bakersfield: 60.1
• Kern County: 59.8
• CA: 55.8
• U.S.: 65

What it means

60% of households here own their home — 5 percentage points lower than the national rate of 65%.

Since 2015, the homeowner share has risen by about 3.6 percentage points.