- Effective property tax rate
- 0.91%
- Median annual property tax bill
- $2,833
- Median home value
- $310,600
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019-2023), pulled 2026-09-15.
Cities in Kern County (72)
- Arvin
- Bakersfield Country Club
- Bakersfield
- Bear Valley Springs
- Benton Park
- Bodfish
- Boron
- Buttonwillow
- California City
- Casa Loma
- Cherokee Strip
- China Lake Acres
- Choctaw Valley
- Cottonwood CDP (Kern County)
- Delano
- Derby Acres
- Dustin Acres
- East Bakersfield
- East Niles
- Edison
- Edmundson Acres
- El Adobe
- Fairfax
- Fellows
- Ford City
- Frazier Park
- Fuller Acres
- Golden Hills
- Greenacres
- Greenfield
- Hillcrest
- Inyokern
- Keene
- Kernville
- La Cresta
- Lake Isabella
- Lake of the Woods
- Lamont
- Lost Hills
- Maricopa
- McFarland
- Mettler
- Mojave
- Mountain Meadows
- Mountain Mesa
- North Edwards
- Oildale
- Old Stine
- Olde Stockdale
- Pine Mountain Club
- Potomac Park
- Randsburg
- Rexland Acres
- Ridgecrest Heights
- Ridgecrest
- Rosamond
- Rosedale
- Shafter
- Smith Corner
- South Taft
- Squirrel Mountain Valley
- Stallion Springs
- Stebbins
- Taft Heights
- Taft
- Tehachapi
- Valley Acres
- Wasco
- Weedpatch
- Weldon
- Wofford Heights
- Woody
Other communities in Kern County (211)
These are named communities within Kern County recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names database - unincorporated places, small settlements, and localities without their own city government. The Census Bureau doesn't publish separate property tax figures for places this small, so they're not forgotten, there's just no dedicated data source yet. The county-wide figures above are the closest available estimate for these communities.
- Actis
- Aerial Acres
- Alameda
- Algoso
- Alta Sierra
- Annette
- Ansel
- Armistead
- Asphalto (historical)
- Baker
- Bannister
- Bealville
- Bella Vista
- Bena
- Bissell
- Blackwells Corner
- Bowerbank
- Bradys
- Brown
- Burton Mill
- Cable
- Calders Corner
- Calico
- Caliente
- Cambio (historical)
- Cameron
- Camp Owens
- Canebrake
- Canebrake (historical)
- Cantil
- Cawelo
- Ceneda
- Chaffee
- China Lake
- Cinco
- Claraville
- Conner
- Cottonwood
- Crome
- Desert Lake
- Di Giorgio
- Dow
- Eaires (historical)
- Edwards
- El Rita
- Elmo
- Eric (historical)
- Famoso
- Fig Orchard
- Five Points
- Fleta
- Fluhr (historical)
- Fram (historical)
- Freeman Junction
- Fruitvale
- Garlock
- Glennville
- Gloster
- Gold Town (historical)
- Goler Heights
- Goodmanville
- Gosford
- Grapevine
- Gulf
- Gypsite
- Halfway House
- Harpertown
- Harts Place
- Havilah
- Hazelton
- Hights Corner
- Hollis
- Ilmon
- Indian Wells
- Inmans (historical)
- Isabella (historical)
- Jasmin
- Jastro
- Johannesburg
- Kayandee
- Kecks Corner
- Kern
- Kern City
- Kern Lake
- Kernell
- Kernville (historical)
- Keyesville
- Kilowatt
- Kyan (historical)
- La Rose (historical)
- Lackey Place
- Lakeside
- Lakeview
- Landco
- Lebec
- Leliter (historical)
- Leonards (historical)
- Lerdo
- Levee (historical)
- Little Dixie (historical)
- Lokern
- Lonsmith
- Loraine
- Magunden
- Maltha
- Marcel
- Mayfair
- McKittrick
- Meridian
- Mexican Colony
- Midoil
- Millersville
- Millux
- Minter Village
- Miracle Hot Springs (historical)
- Missouri Triangle
- Mitchells Corner
- Monolith
- Moreland Mill
- Muroc (historical)
- Myricks Corner
- Neufeld
- Neuralia (historical)
- North Belridge
- North Muroc (historical)
- North Shafter
- Oil City
- Oil Junction
- Old Garlock
- Old River
- Old Town
- Olig (historical)
- Onyx
- Packwood (historical)
- Palmo
- Paloma (historical)
- Panama
- Patch
- Pattiway (historical)
- Pentland
- Petersburg (historical)
- Petro (historical)
- Pettit Place
- Pinon Pines Estates
- Piute (historical)
- Pond
- Prospero
- Pumpkin Center
- Quailwood
- Quality
- Rancho Seco
- Rand
- Redrock (historical)
- Reefer City (historical)
- Reward
- Ribier
- Ricardo
- Rich
- Rio Bravo
- Rivergrove
- Riverkern
- Rock Springs (historical)
- Rowen
- Saco
- Sage (historical)
- Sageland
- Saltdale (historical)
- San Emidio
- Sanborn
- Sand Canyon
- Scovern Hot Springs (historical)
- Searles
- Seguro
- Semitropic
- Shady Rest (historical)
- Shirley Meadows
- Silt
- Slater
- Solon (historical)
- South Lake
- Spellacy
- Spicer City
- Stevens
- Strand (historical)
- Sullivan (historical)
- Summers (historical)
- Summit
- Tarina
- Teagle (historical)
- Tejon Ranch
- Terese (historical)
- Thomas Lane
- Trescape (historical)
- Treves (historical)
- Tupman
- Twin Lakes
- Twin Oaks
- Una
- Vaccaro (historical)
- Venola
- Vinland
- Wallace Center
- Walong
- Warren (historical)
- West Baker (historical)
- Wheeler Ridge
- Wherry Housing
- Wible Orchard
- Willow Springs
- Woodford
- Zentner