Best PlacesBakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield ranks 4,387th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Air quality pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on the weather.
The best neighborhoods in Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 176 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of neighborhoods
- School gradeC+, better than 68% of neighborhoods
- Household income$83,763 median, better than 54% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 54% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 53% of neighborhoods
Where Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,763, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield's effective rate of 0.92%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield
Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield.
Who works in Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield, and how
Work in Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield.
What the weather is like in Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield, month by month
Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield sees roughly 176 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 102 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 51° | 40° |
| April | 80° | 65° | 51° |
| July | 102° | 88° | 73° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield
The nearest airport, Meadows Field, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bob Hope, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield
Schools across Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield average a C+, better than 68% of neighborhoods.
Top high schools
- East Bakersfield HighA · 75% proficient
- Highland HighA · 75% proficient
- Foothill HighA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield
Is Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield ranks 4,387th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, good schools, and high incomes, and lowest on air quality and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $304,545. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $83,763 median income, cost of living beats 43% of neighborhoods.
Is Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield safe?
Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield is safer than 53% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $462 per resident a year.
Compare Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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