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The median home value in Bakersfield, CA is $392,105 as of 2026-06-30, down 0.37% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$392,105
Year-over-Year
-0.37%
Population
416,120
Bakersfield ranks #352 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 48.8% below the state's city median of $765,350. It sits in Kern County, where the county-wide median is $366,238.
Bakersfield police recorded a violent crime rate of 555 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,470 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Bakersfield is $392,105. That's down 0.37% from a year earlier. That is about 48.8% below the typical county in California.
Homes in Bakersfield are more expensive than Kern County as a whole, where the median is $366,238 — a difference of about 7.1%.
Bakersfield police reported 555 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 416,120. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.