Kern County, California Zip Codes
📍 Kern County has 65 zip codes with a population of 899,110.
Kern County is located in California with a land area of 5,107 square miles. The county seat is Bakersfield. Below you'll find all 65 zip codes in Kern County with population, income and home value, the county's affordability profile, and links to its 33 city pages.
Population and demographic data sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates. ZIP code routing data sourced from the United States Postal Service (USPS).
All Kern County Zip Codes
Kern County at a Glance
Kern County has 65 ZIP codes in this directory: 45 standard delivery ZIPs and 20 PO Box or unique ZIPs that carry no resident population in Census data. The 39 ZIPs with published Census housing data cover 899,110 residents, the largest being 93307 (Bakersfield) with 89,651 people.
The median ZIP in Kern County has a household income of $53,480 and a home value of $226,500, a price-to-income ratio of 4.0, below the 6.7 California ZIP median. Affordability ranges from 93516 in Boron at a ratio of 1.4 to 93314 in Shafter, where the median home is $468,900. The highest median income is in 93314 (Shafter) at $124,885. Median rent across these ZIPs is $1,105 a month.
60% of households in the typical Kern County ZIP own their home (statewide ZIP median 64%). 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, far below the 31% statewide median. The median poverty rate is 21.0%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Overall density is about 176 residents per square mile across 5,107 square miles of ZIP land area.
Medians are taken across the ZIP codes listed below (each ZIP weighted equally); PO Box and no-data ZIPs are excluded. Definitions on the methodology page; statewide comparisons in the 2026 California ZIP Code Affordability Report.
Kern County Zip Code Map
Interactive map of Kern County, California zip codes.