Best PlacesHomaker Park, Bakersfield, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Homaker Park, 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.
Homaker Park, Bakersfield ranks 5,496th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Homaker Park, 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.
Homaker Park, Bakersfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Homaker Park, Bakersfield ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 176 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of neighborhoods
- Short commute22.0 minutes each way, better than 67% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 64% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 61% of neighborhoods
Where Homaker Park, Bakersfield ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Household income$36,967 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Homaker Park, Bakersfield
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Homaker Park, Bakersfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $36,967, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Homaker Park, Bakersfield's effective rate of 0.83%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Homaker Park, Bakersfield
Homaker Park, 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 Homaker Park, Bakersfield.
Who works in Homaker Park, Bakersfield, and how
Work in Homaker Park, Bakersfield centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Homaker Park, Bakersfield
Homaker Park, Bakersfield has more parkland per resident than 88% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Homaker Park, Bakersfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Homaker Park, Bakersfield, month by month
Homaker Park, 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 Homaker Park, Bakersfield
The nearest airport, Meadows Field, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bob Hope, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Homaker Park, Bakersfield
Schools across Homaker Park, Bakersfield average a C, better than 56% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- North Beardsley ElementaryF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Beardsley Junior HighF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- North HighA · 75% proficient
- Bakersfield HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Homaker Park, Bakersfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Homaker Park, 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 Homaker Park, Bakersfield against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Homaker Park, Bakersfield
Is Homaker Park, Bakersfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Homaker Park, Bakersfield ranks 5,496th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cell coverage, the weather, and short commutes, and lowest on air quality and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Homaker Park, Bakersfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $191,771. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $36,967 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Homaker Park, Bakersfield safe?
Homaker Park, Bakersfield is safer than 23% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $687 per resident a year.
Compare Homaker Park, Bakersfield with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Homaker Park, Bakersfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Homaker Park, 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.
Homaker Park, Bakersfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Homaker Park, Bakersfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Homaker Park, Bakersfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Homaker Park, Bakersfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Homaker Park, Bakersfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Homaker Park, 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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