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Edwards AFB, 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 Edwards AFB, Kern County, California

Edwards AFB, in Kern County, had 2,135 people in the 2020 census. 4% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 96% are rented. 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 people in Kern County work in schools and health care, then farming.

People 2,135 in the 2020 census; median age 24.3
Household income Too few homes in Edwards AFB for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 8.4% Kern County, August 2026; 8.7% a year before
Homes 4% lived in by their owners; 96% rented
  • 732households
  • 10%below the poverty line
  • 11 mintypical commute
  • 4%work from home

What people in Kern County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Farming, forestry and mining12%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities7%

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 December, 56° and 32°; warmest in July, 97° and 69° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 97° 69° A S O N D 56° 32°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 56° and 32°; warmest in July, 97° and 69° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 97° 69° A S O N D 56° 32°

Coldest in December, with highs near 56° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 97° and lows near 69°. About 1 inches of snow and 6 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Mojave weather station, 17 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; Edwards AFB has two 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. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  2. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  3. Heat wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Edwards AFB’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.