Which ZIP code in Kern County has the highest median age?

93283 (Weldon), at 62.5 (±8.5), 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.

Oldest ZIP codes in Kern County, CA

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Kern County with the highest median age, out of 37 with at least 1,000 residents. 93283 (Weldon, 62.5), 93285 (Wofford Heights, 58.4) and 93205 (Bodfish, 56.8) 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.

Oldest ZIP codes in Kern County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	93283	Weldon	62.5 ±8.5	2,326	1,091	549
2	93285	Wofford Heights	58.4 ±3.3	2,920	1,561	712
3	93205	Bodfish	56.8 ±24.0	1,708	805	811
4	93527	Inyokern	55.5 ±3.8	1,831	812	460
5	93518	Caliente	51.2 ±5.8	1,205	496	545
6	93222	Pine Mountain Club	48.6 ±8.0	2,721	1,336	—
7	93225	Frazier Park	42.4 ±5.6	4,663	1,960	1,113
8	93561	Tehachapi	41.8 ±2.4	31,175	12,394	13,915
9	93581	Tehachapi	41.4 ±2.0	3,188	0	—
10	93252	Maricopa	39.5 ±9.6	1,295	540	293
11	93240	Lake Isabella	38.8 ±15.7	5,981	2,581	2,371
12	93308	Bakersfield	37.6 ±1.2	55,078	20,027	20,771
13	93312	Bakersfield	34.9 ±1.1	58,384	18,330	19,818
14	93314	Bakersfield	34.9 ±1.9	35,407	10,979	12,717
15	93555	Ridgecrest	34.9 ±1.6	33,845	13,537	13,851
16	93301	Bakersfield	34.6 ±2.5	13,620	5,690	5,873
17	93215	Delano	33.8 ±1.3	54,556	12,858	12,582
18	93505	California City	33.5 ±1.3	14,353	4,579	5,246
19	93501	Mojave	33.2 ±4.3	6,435	2,186	2,467
20	93306	Bakersfield	33.1 ±1.3	74,116	22,736	25,103
21	93516	Boron	32.6 ±0.7	2,889	1,000	1,061
22	93311	Bakersfield	32.4 ±1.3	55,555	17,589	20,234
23	93309	Bakersfield	32.0 ±1.2	63,217	22,453	22,651
24	93313	Bakersfield	31.7 ±1.3	61,843	16,917	18,619
25	93268	Taft	31.7 ±1.4	16,963	5,766	5,575

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, highest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 37 of 51 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Older ZIP codes respond to health care, hearing and vision, Medicare plans, home safety, estate planning and services that come to the door.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 4,765 households, on 9 carrier routes with 3,077 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 median age?: 93283 (Weldon), at 62.5 (±8.5), among 37 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, highest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024).
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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