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Benton Park, California.

A community in Kern County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Kern County’s.

Living in Benton Park, Kern County, California

Benton Park, in Kern County, had 5,333 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Kern County was 8.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in shops, then schools and health care.

People 5,333 in the 2020 census; median age 24.6
Household income Too few homes in Benton Park for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 8.4% Kern County, August 2026; 8.7% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Benton Park for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,576households
  • 9%of adults have a degree
  • 23 mintypical commute
  • 4%work from home

What residents work in

  • Shops (retail)20%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care19%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities14%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Farming, forestry and mining7%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Kern County had 347,044 jobs in 2025, 0.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 58° and 39°; warmest in July, 97° and 70° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 58° 39° F M A M J J 97° 70° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 58° and 39°; warmest in July, 97° and 70° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 58° 39° F M A M J J 97° 70° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 39°; warmest in July, with highs near 97° and lows near 70°. About 7 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bakersfield Northwest weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Kern County

  1. Sycamore LaborAgriculture production or harvesting crews6,012
  2. Kern High SchoolsSchool district3,770FTE
  3. Bakersfield City SchoolsSchool district3,617FTE
  4. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage3,321
  5. King Grafting Ag serviceFarm labor contractors2,500
  6. Panama-Buena Vista Union SchoolsSchool district2,490FTE
  7. Esparza EnterprisesFarm labor contractors2,356
  8. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage2,318

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 631 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 114,076 people in all across the county; Benton Park has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Heat wavesRelatively high
  2. EarthquakesRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Benton Park’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Kern County.