Which ZIP code in Kern County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?

93523 (Edwards), at 31.6%, among 37 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 new movers in Kern County, CA

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Kern County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 37 with at least 1,000 residents. 93523 (Edwards, 31.6%), 93516 (Boron, 20.3%) and 93205 (Bodfish, 18.9%) 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 new movers in Kern County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	93523	Edwards	31.6%	3,502	1,238	1,278
2	93516	Boron	20.3%	2,889	1,000	1,061
3	93205	Bodfish	18.9%	1,708	805	811
4	93505	California City	18.6%	14,353	4,579	5,246
5	93311	Bakersfield	14.6%	55,555	17,589	20,234
6	93301	Bakersfield	14.6%	13,620	5,690	5,873
7	93581	Tehachapi	14.6%	3,188	0	—
8	93555	Ridgecrest	13.6%	33,845	13,537	13,851
9	93222	Pine Mountain Club	12.9%	2,721	1,336	—
10	93252	Maricopa	12.7%	1,295	540	293
11	93225	Frazier Park	12.4%	4,663	1,960	1,113
12	93309	Bakersfield	12.0%	63,217	22,453	22,651
13	93240	Lake Isabella	11.0%	5,981	2,581	2,371
14	93285	Wofford Heights	10.7%	2,920	1,561	712
15	93305	Bakersfield	10.6%	37,714	11,227	11,871
16	93308	Bakersfield	10.1%	55,078	20,027	20,771
17	93268	Taft	10.1%	16,963	5,766	5,575
18	93313	Bakersfield	9.5%	61,843	16,917	18,619
19	93312	Bakersfield	8.6%	58,384	18,330	19,818
20	93304	Bakersfield	8.6%	51,037	15,503	16,347
21	93561	Tehachapi	8.5%	31,175	12,394	13,915
22	93560	Rosamond	8.3%	22,119	7,013	7,708
23	93206	Buttonwillow	7.0%	1,898	542	335
24	93263	Shafter	6.7%	24,024	6,402	7,748
25	93314	Bakersfield	6.5%	35,407	10,979	12,717

How we ranked them

Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 37 of 51 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

New residents are still choosing a dentist, a gym, a pizza place and a lawn service. ZIP codes with high turnover give a welcome offer more people to work on each year.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 25,211 households, on 40 carrier routes with 28,630 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 residents who moved in during the past year?: 93523 (Edwards), at 31.6%, among 37 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published 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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