Home values, rents and more in the Bakersfield metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Bakersfield metro compares
The typical home in the Bakersfield metro area is worth about $360,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Bakersfield metro are 53% below the typical value in California ($762,000) and about the same as the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Bakersfield metro were flat, compared with +0.6% in California and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,822 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 35% below California ($2,803) and 6% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.0% over the past year.
The median household income is $70,210, against $99,122 in California and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 927,068 people live in the Bakersfield metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Bakersfield metro has the 218th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 4th-lowest of 34 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: California
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Bakersfield metro
Cities in the Bakersfield metro
- Bakersfield, CA $386,000
- Delano, CA $332,000
- Ridgecrest, CA $266,000
- Wasco, CA $313,000
- Rosamond, CA $405,000
- Shafter, CA $385,000
- Arvin, CA $301,000
- California City, CA $271,000
- Mc Farland, CA $313,000
- Lamont, CA $251,000
- Tehachapi, CA $422,000
- Taft, CA $207,000
- Mojave, CA $236,000
- Lake Isabella, CA $217,000
- Pine Mountain Club, CA $377,000
- Boron, CA $164,000
- Frazier Park, CA $311,000
- Wofford Heights, CA $224,000
- Weldon, CA $194,000
- Lost Hills, CA $254,000
- Bodfish, CA $189,000
- Buttonwillow, CA $231,000
- Maricopa, CA $204,000
- Kernville, CA $334,000
- Lebec, CA $365,000
- Keene, CA $648,000
- Onyx, CA $234,000
- Johannesburg, CA $75,983
- Mc Kittrick, CA $264,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.