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How the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro's ZIP codes measure up on health

The ZipVitals Score across the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.

Data release 202648 of 49 ZIP codes scored · 0.91M residents represented

Score snapshot

40.51Metro-wide ZipVitals Scorepopulation-weighted average of its ZIP codes
37.51Median scoremiddle of 48 scored ZIPs
59.29Highest score93531 · Keene
21.50Lowest score93241 · Lamont
37.79Spreadpoints between highest & lowest ZIP

People & national context

#370Among 386 metrosby population-weighted average
80%Residents in below-average ZIPs0.73M of 0.91M, in ZIPs scoring under the national average (53.48)
0.91MResidents in the top 50 ZIPs100% of the metro
0.91MResidents in the bottom 50 ZIPs100% of the metro
0ZIPs in the national top 100

The Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro's ZIP codes, ranked

Highest-scoring

Top 48 of 48
  1. 5,37793531in Keene · 515 residents59.29
  2. 7,54193311in Bakersfield · 55,555 residents56.71
  3. 7,76793524in Edwards · 57 residents56.49
  4. 10,24293312in Bakersfield · 58,384 residents54.36
  5. 10,37993561in Tehachapi · 31,175 residents54.25
  6. 10,56693314in Bakersfield · 35,407 residents54.10
  7. 11,43793222in Pine Mountain Club · 2,721 residents53.45
  8. 14,74593527in Inyokern · 1,831 residents51.06
  9. 15,33693555in Ridgecrest · 33,845 residents50.65
  10. 18,45293313in Bakersfield · 61,843 residents48.38
  11. 22,71893518in Caliente · 1,205 residents44.70
  12. 23,82593523in Edwards · 3,502 residents43.58
  13. 23,85693560in Rosamond · 22,119 residents43.55
  14. 25,25493309in Bakersfield · 63,217 residents41.94
  15. 25,34193225in Frazier Park · 4,663 residents41.85
  16. 25,89893243in Lebec · 834 residents41.17
  17. 25,93193220in Edison · 0 residents41.13
  18. 26,42493238in Kernville · 887 residents40.47
  19. 26,94193306in Bakersfield · 74,116 residents39.72
  20. 27,14393255in Onyx · 470 residents39.39
  21. 27,28293226in Glennville · 58 residents39.17
  22. 27,60393308in Bakersfield · 55,078 residents38.69
  23. 27,83993287in Woody · 98 residents38.31
  24. 28,23693268in Taft · 16,963 residents37.60
  25. 28,33493263in Shafter · 24,024 residents37.41
  26. 28,43493215in Delano · 54,556 residents37.20
  27. 28,69893285in Wofford Heights · 2,920 residents36.63
  28. 29,01893505in California City · 14,353 residents35.95
  29. 29,10493280in Wasco · 27,407 residents35.71
  30. 29,20893251in Mc Kittrick · 274 residents35.47
  31. 29,31093249in Lost Hills · 2,243 residents35.21
  32. 29,32593283in Weldon · 2,326 residents35.16
  33. 29,38593516in Boron · 2,889 residents35.02
  34. 29,72593224in Fellows · 414 residents34.03
  35. 29,73193501in Mojave · 6,435 residents34.02
  36. 29,93593205in Bodfish · 1,708 residents33.38
  37. 30,03093206in Buttonwillow · 1,898 residents33.06
  38. 30,04193301in Bakersfield · 13,620 residents33.03
  39. 30,11893276in Tupman · 157 residents32.70
  40. 30,59493304in Bakersfield · 51,037 residents30.77
  41. 30,67793250in McFarland · 15,599 residents30.45
  42. 30,76793203in Arvin · 20,712 residents29.99
  43. 30,87093519in Cantil · 19 residents29.47
  44. 30,92993307in Bakersfield · 85,945 residents29.10
  45. 31,00593528in Johannesburg · 86 residents28.69
  46. 31,34593305in Bakersfield · 37,714 residents26.09
  47. 31,77393240in Lake Isabella · 5,981 residents21.55
  48. 31,77693241in Lamont · 15,250 residents21.50
Open the full Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro ranking →One page, all 48 scored ZIPs — sortable by score, residents, or place

Where each domain sits inside this metro

The Score above is one number for the whole Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.

The highest-standing fifth

10 of 47 ZIPs

Share of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.

Healthcare Access54%493,152 people

4 ZIP codes tie at this end: 93215 Delano93301 Bakersfield93305 Bakersfield93555 Ridgecrest

Chronic Disease Burden35%322,978 people

Standing highest: 93311 Bakersfield93313 Bakersfield93524 Edwards

Disability31%283,004 people

Standing highest: 93311 Bakersfield93312 Bakersfield93524 Edwards

Mental Health30%272,036 people

Standing highest: 93222 Pine Mountain Club93311 Bakersfield93531 Keene

Social Need / SDOH26%234,258 people

Standing highest: 93312 Bakersfield93314 Bakersfield93531 Keene

Risk Behavior21%187,737 people

Standing highest: 93222 Pine Mountain Club93527 Inyokern93531 Keene

Environmental Hazard7%67,216 people

Standing highest: 93225 Frazier Park93243 Lebec93516 Boron

Climate / Disaster Risk5%46,269 people

Standing highest: 93222 Pine Mountain Club93225 Frazier Park93561 Tehachapi

Preventive Care5%41,496 people

Standing highest: 93222 Pine Mountain Club93527 Inyokern93531 Keene

Each fifth is about 10 of this metro’s 47 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 912,110 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.

The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.

Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.

Why this matters

The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Bakersfield-Delano, CA figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.

A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.