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Ford City, 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 Ford City, Kern County, California

Ford City, in Kern County, had 4,348 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $47,214 a year and half less, against $70,210 across Kern County. 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 4,348 in the 2020 census; median age 27.0
Household income $47,214 the median, give or take $8,384 · Kern County: $70,210
Unemployment 8.4% Kern County, August 2026; 8.7% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Ford City for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,273households
  • 3%of adults have a degree
  • 35 mintypical commute
  • 0%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, 59° and 41°; warmest in July, 99° and 68° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J F M A M J J 99° 68° A S O N D 59° 41°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 59° and 41°; warmest in July, 99° and 68° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J F M A M J J 99° 68° A S O N D 59° 41°

Coldest in December, with highs near 59° and lows near 41°; warmest in July, with highs near 99° and lows near 68°. About 6 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Taft weather station, 2 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; Ford City 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. EarthquakesRelatively high
  2. Heat wavesRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Ford City’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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.