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Oildale, 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 Oildale, Kern County, California

Oildale, in Kern County, had 36,135 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $51,298 a year and half less, against $70,210 across Kern County; 25% of its people live below the poverty line. 41% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 59% 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 shops.

People 36,135 in the 2020 census; median age 35.9
Household income $51,298 the median, give or take $3,807 · Kern County: $70,210
Unemployment 8.4% Kern County, August 2026; 8.7% a year before
Homes 41% lived in by their owners; 59% rented
  • 12,982households
  • 12%of adults have a degree
  • 25%below the poverty line
  • 23 mintypical commute
  • 5%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment11%
  • Building trades11%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Farming, forestry and mining8%

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, a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Oildale

  1. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage3,321
  2. Standard Elementary SchoolsSchool district430FTE
  3. MP Environmental ServicesTrucking, specialized freight, long-distance278
  4. Beardsley Elementary SchoolsSchool district267FTE
  5. Good Samaritan Hospital-bakersfieldGeneral hospital234FTE
  6. Kellermeyer Bergensons ServicesCustodial services153
  7. WalmartSupermarkets and other grocery stores146
  8. TruittInstalling production equipment at the oil or gas field on a contract basis133

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 13 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,420 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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 Oildale’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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.