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Rosedale, 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 Rosedale, Kern County, California

Rosedale, in Kern County, had 18,639 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $135,966 a year and half less, against $70,210 across Kern County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 86% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 14% 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 finance and property.

People 18,639 in the 2020 census; median age 37.6
Household income $135,966 the median, give or take $16,376 · Kern County: $70,210
Unemployment 8.4% Kern County, August 2026; 8.7% a year before
Homes 86% lived in by their owners; 14% rented
  • 6,138households
  • 41%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 28 mintypical commute
  • 9%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care33%
  • Banks, insurance and property10%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Building trades8%
  • Government8%
  • Farming, forestry and mining7%

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 36°; warmest in August, 97° and 62° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 58° 36° F M A M J J A 97° 62° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 58° and 36°; warmest in August, 97° and 62° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 58° 36° F M A M J J A 97° 62° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 36°; warmest in August, with highs near 97° and lows near 62°. About 8 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Shafter 6E weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Rosedale

  1. Rosedale Union Elementary SchoolsSchool district583FTE
  2. J and J Special ServicesFlagging services305
  3. Mashburn Transportation ServicesDrilling oil and gas field service wells on a contract basis100
  4. AlbertsonsSupermarkets and other grocery stores96
  5. E&B Natural ResourcesWell servicing, oil and gas field, on a contract basis82
  6. Penney Lawn ServiceLandscape care and maintenance services36
  7. Jaco Oil Co - FastripConvenience food with gasoline stations29
  8. Big N DeepCultivation services26

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 716 people in all. 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 moderate

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