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Housing costs in Kern County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,300 | ± $21 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,220 | ± $17 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,161 | ± $13 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,063 | ± $16 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $338,300 | ± $2,944 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $310,600 | ± $3,299 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $282,800 | ± $2,883 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $241,400 | ± $3,113 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 33.9 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 33.2 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 33.1 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 32.3 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Kern County is $1,300, below the California median of $1,624 across 56 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.