Best places to live in the Bakersfield metro area
Stacker compiled a list of the best places to live in the Bakersfield metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses 15 weighted factors for its rankings. A majority of the score is based on cost of living, higher education rate, housing, public schools, diversity, and crime. You can read more about Niche's methodology here.
#15. Richgrove
- Niche grade: C-
- Public school grade: B-
- Population: 2,136
#14. Ford City
- Niche grade: C-
- Public school grade: C
- Population: 4,310
#13. Greenfield
- Niche grade: C-
- Public school grade: C+
- Population: 4,399
#12. Oildale
- Niche grade: C-
- Public school grade: C
- Population: 34,971
#11. Wasco
- Niche grade: C-
- Public school grade: C+
- Population: 26,222
#10. South Taft
- Niche grade: C-
- Public school grade: C
- Population: 2,534
#9. Taft Heights
- Niche grade: C
- Public school grade: C+
- Population: 1,588
#8. Delano
- Niche grade: C
- Public school grade: B+
- Population: 50,835
#7. Shafter
- Niche grade: C
- Public school grade: C
- Population: 20,618
#6. Tehachapi
- Niche grade: C
- Public school grade: B-
- Population: 12,366
#5. Bakersfield
- Niche grade: C+
- Public school grade: B-
- Population: 408,366
#4. Taft
- Niche grade: C+
- Public school grade: C+
- Population: 7,228
#3. Greenacres
- Niche grade: B-
- Public school grade: A-
- Population: 4,566
#2. Golden Hills
- Niche grade: B-
- Public school grade: B-
- Population: 10,445
#1. Rosedale
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B+
- Population: 19,325