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La Cresta, 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 La Cresta, Kern County, California

La Cresta, in Kern County, had 8,787 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $49,605 a year and half less, against $70,210 across Kern County; 20% of its people live below the poverty line. 43% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 57% 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 residents work in schools and health care, then farming.

People 8,787 in the 2020 census; median age 29.1
Household income $49,605 the median, give or take $9,526 · Kern County: $70,210
Unemployment 8.4% Kern County, August 2026; 8.7% a year before
Homes 43% lived in by their owners; 57% rented
  • 2,714households
  • 16%of adults have a degree
  • 20%below the poverty line
  • 22 mintypical commute
  • 4%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Farming, forestry and mining15%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment11%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Building trades9%
  • Manufacturing9%

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, 4 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; La Cresta 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 in parts of La CrestaRelatively moderate

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