Cost of living in Kern County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,656 a month.
That HUD number covers Kern County, California, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,265
- 1 bed
- $1,273
- 2 bed
- $1,656
- 3 bed
- $2,293
- 4 bed
- $2,768
This county is in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 100.9 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Bakersfield · 411,986 people
- Delano · 51,679 people
- Oildale · 34,687 people
- East Niles · 28,532 people
- Ridgecrest · 28,225 people
- Wasco · 26,558 people
- Rosamond · 21,473 people
- Shafter · 21,193 people
- Arvin · 19,539 people
- Rosedale · 18,877 people
- California City · 14,414 people
- McFarland · 14,222 people
- Lamont · 13,164 people
- Tehachapi · 11,946 people
- East Bakersfield · 11,062 people
- Hillcrest · 10,511 people
- Potomac Park · 10,138 people
- Golden Hills · 9,891 people
- La Cresta · 8,389 people
- Taft · 7,125 people
- Bear Valley Springs · 5,912 people
- Benton Park · 5,707 people
- Mojave · 5,173 people
- Greenacres · 4,906 people
- Ford City · 4,162 people
- Lake Isabella · 4,059 people
- Greenfield · 3,939 people
- Old Stine · 3,760 people
- Cottonwood · 3,107 people
- South Taft · 2,939 people
- Stallion Springs · 2,937 people
- Pine Mountain Club · 2,838 people
- Rexland Acres · 2,760 people
- Boron · 2,698 people
- Weedpatch · 2,685 people
- Frazier Park · 2,681 people
- Wofford Heights · 2,656 people
- China Lake Acres · 2,594 people
- Edwards AFB · 2,500 people
- Weldon · 2,493 people
- Lost Hills · 1,926 people
- Bakersfield Country Club · 1,707 people
- Bodfish · 1,694 people
- Casa Loma · 1,587 people
- Fairfax · 1,423 people
- Taft Heights · 1,291 people
- Buttonwillow · 1,163 people