Rosamond, California.
Typical home $405,186 (-0.4% in a year), asking rent $2,149 . Bakersfield, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,154 (+119%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $1,830 -0%
- $407,016$405,186 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $59,590 +17%
- $345,597$405,186 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Rosamond$2,127
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 22 years.
Typical home values in Rosamond, CA fell 0.4% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Rosamond, Kern County, California
Rosamond, in Kern County, had 20,961 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $79,386 a year and half less, against $70,210 across Kern County; 17% of its people live below the poverty line. 77% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 23% 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 manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Rosamond is a community in the high desert of Kern County, home to a young population, with a typical age well below what you find in many American towns. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run above the county's, though a noticeable share of residents still live below the poverty line. Winters are cold, with chilly nights in December, and summers are hot, peaking in August, with very little rain or snow across the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, government and shops. Among the largest workplaces in town are Albertsons, the supermarket, and Entrussed, which makes wood roof and floor trusses. Fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than is typical nationally, and the daily trip to work is a long one for many, with only a small number working from home.
Things to do. The best known spot nearby is Willow Springs International Motorsports Park, a race track in or beside town. Rosamond Lake is a short drive away, and the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, a protected area, is a longer drive away.
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- 6,818households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 31 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
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
Coldest in December, with highs near 58° and lows near 30°; warmest in August, with highs near 98° and lows near 65°. About 7 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lancaster Wm J Fox Field weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Rosamond
- AlbertsonsSupermarkets and other grocery stores93
- EntrussedTrusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing50
- Kern County Rosamond Operations27
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 170 people in all. 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
- EarthquakesVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Rosamond’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 and the Bakersfield, CA metro.
Rosamond home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Rosamond$405,186
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Rosamond listings, and the typical home goes pending in 48 days — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Rosamond28.33%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Rosamond48
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Rosamond122
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Rosamond27
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Rosamond$409,133
- United States$370,717
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Rosamond address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Rosamond — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.