Which ZIP code in Kern County has the highest share of households with children?

93249 (Lost Hills), at 65.5%, among 36 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

ZIP codes with the most families with kids in Kern County, CA

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Kern County with the highest share of households with children, out of 36 with at least 1,000 residents. 93249 (Lost Hills, 65.5%), 93203 (Arvin, 60.4%) and 93250 (Mc Farland, 60.0%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Kern County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

ZIP codes with the most families with kids in Kern County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Households with children under 18	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	93249	Lost Hills	65.5%	2,243	554	130
2	93203	Arvin	60.4%	20,712	5,052	5,531
3	93250	Mc Farland	60.0%	15,599	3,903	3,857
4	93263	Shafter	55.5%	24,024	6,402	7,748
5	93523	Edwards	53.1%	3,502	1,238	1,278
6	93307	Bakersfield	52.7%	85,945	23,173	24,965
7	93313	Bakersfield	51.0%	61,843	16,917	18,619
8	93280	Wasco	49.9%	27,407	6,619	6,654
9	93560	Rosamond	47.6%	22,119	7,013	7,708
10	93215	Delano	47.4%	54,556	12,858	12,582
11	93206	Buttonwillow	47.4%	1,898	542	335
12	93305	Bakersfield	45.4%	37,714	11,227	11,871
13	93306	Bakersfield	43.7%	74,116	22,736	25,103
14	93241	Lamont	43.1%	15,250	4,332	3,770
15	93314	Bakersfield	42.7%	35,407	10,979	12,717
16	93311	Bakersfield	42.6%	55,555	17,589	20,234
17	93312	Bakersfield	42.1%	58,384	18,330	19,818
18	93304	Bakersfield	41.8%	51,037	15,503	16,347
19	93309	Bakersfield	38.6%	63,217	22,453	22,651
20	93268	Taft	38.2%	16,963	5,766	5,575
21	93505	California City	38.2%	14,353	4,579	5,246
22	93555	Ridgecrest	30.7%	33,845	13,537	13,851
23	93308	Bakersfield	30.2%	55,078	20,027	20,771
24	93501	Mojave	30.1%	6,435	2,186	2,467
25	93301	Bakersfield	29.6%	13,620	5,690	5,873

How we ranked them

Ranked by the share of households with one or more people under 18 (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau does not publish a margin of error for this share in our files. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 36 of 51 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Households with children buy tutoring, youth sports, pediatric and family dental care, child care, birthday venues and family dining. EDDM reaches every door on a route, so a higher share means more of your pieces land with families.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 17,149 households, on 24 carrier routes with 18,544 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Kern County has the highest share of households with children?: 93249 (Lost Hills), at 65.5%, among 36 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the share of households with one or more people under 18 (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau does not publish a margin of error for this share in our files.
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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