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Population (year 2000): 4,232
Males: 2,075  (49.0%)
Females: 2,157  (51.0%)

Kern County

Median resident age:  43.8 years
California median age:  33.3 years

Zip codes: 93561.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $69,400 (it was $61,169 in 2000)
Bear Valley Springs  $69,400
California:  $53,629

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $389,100 (it was $172,300 in 2000)
Bear Valley Springs  $389,100
California:  $477,700

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Races in Bear Valley Springs:

  • White Non-Hispanic (85.6%)
  • Hispanic (7.8%)
  • Two or more races (4.7%)
  • Other race (3.0%)
  • American Indian (2.6%)
  • Black (1.4%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Bear Valley Springs: 91.1 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (19.4%), English (17.7%), Irish (16.6%), United States (10.1%), Italian (4.3%), French (3.9%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: 4118 feet

Land area: 41.5 square miles.

Population density: 102 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Bear Valley Springs

  • High school or higher: 93.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 31.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 10.0%
  • Unemployed: 3.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 45.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Bear Valley Springs CDP

  • Never married: 10.2%
  • Now married: 78.6%
  • Separated: 0.3%
  • Widowed: 3.2%
  • Divorced: 7.7%

292 residents are foreign born (2.5% Europe, 1.5% Latin America, 1.2% North America, 1.0% Africa, 0.8% Asia).

This place:  6.9%
California:  26.2%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Bear Valley Springs:  1.2% ($2,122)
California:  0.7% ($1,564)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Bakersfield, CA (29.6 miles , pop. 247,057).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (77.2 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Stallion Springs, CA (6.3 miles ), Keene, CA (6.4 miles ), Golden Hills, CA (10.5 miles ), Arvin, CA (13.1 miles ), Tehachapi, CA (13.8 miles ), Weedpatch, CA (19.2 miles ), Lamont, CA (19.5 miles ), Mettler, CA (23.6 miles) .

Latitude: 35.17 N, Longitude: 118.64 W


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Most common industries for males:
  • Public administration (24%)
  • Transportation equipment (9%)
  • Construction (8%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Machinery (6%)
  • Health care (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Public administration (21%)
  • Health care (18%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Law enforcement workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Engineers (5%)
  • Fire fighting and prevention workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
  • Top executives (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Registered nurses (11%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Media and communication equipment workers (6%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (5%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
  • Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near Bear Valley Springs:
  • HEALTHSOUTH BAKERSFIELD REHAB HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; BAKERSFIELD, CA)
  • TEHACHAPI HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; TEHACHAPI, CA)
  • KERN MEDICAL CENTER (about 28 miles; BAKERSFIELD, CA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Bear Valley Springs:
  • MEADOWS FIELD (about 34 miles; BAKERSFIELD, CA; ID: BFL)
  • PALMDALE PRODN FLT/TEST INSTLN AF PLANT 42 (about 55 miles; PALMDALE, CA; ID: PMD)
  • EDWARDS AFB (about 56 miles; EDWARDS, CA; ID: EDW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bear Valley Springs:
  • TEHACHAPI MUNI (about 15 miles; TEHACHAPI, CA; ID: TSP)
  • MOUNTAIN VALLEY (about 17 miles; TEHACHAPI, CA; ID: L94)
  • BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL (about 26 miles; BAKERSFIELD, CA; ID: L45)

Amtrak station near Bear Valley Springs:
  • 14 miles: TEHACHAPI (416 W. TEHACHAPI BLVD.) - Bus Station. Services: fully wheelchair accessible, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Bear Valley Springs:
  • CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-BAKERSFIELD (about 20 miles; BAKERSFIELD, CA; Full-time enrollment: 5,273)
  • BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE (about 28 miles; BAKERSFIELD, CA; FT enrollment: 7,978)
  • ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE (about 38 miles; LANCASTER, CA; FT enrollment: 5,308)
  • TAFT COLLEGE (about 41 miles; Taft, CA; FT enrollment: 2,801)
  • PORTERVILLE COLLEGE (about 56 miles; PORTERVILLE, CA; FT enrollment: 2,288)
  • LOS ANGELES MISSION COLLEGE (about 62 miles; Sylmar, CA; FT enrollment: 3,449)
  • MOORPARK COLLEGE (about 63 miles; Moorpark, CA; FT enrollment: 7,773)

User submitted facts and corrections:
  • TV stations listed are no longer valid. BVS has abandoned the TV repeater system entirely.
  • TV stations listed are no longer valid. BVS has abandoned the TV repeater system entirely.

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Average household size:
This place:  2.7 people
California:  2.9 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  83.8%
Whole state:  68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  2.4%
Whole state:  5.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  7.2%
Whole state:  14.2%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  2.8%
Whole state:  6.3%

Bear Valley Springs compared to California state average:
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Kern County California:


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5.81% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,274 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.81%
California average:  5.75%

0.12% of residents moved from foreign countries ($659 average AGI)
Kern County:  0.12%
California average:  0.21%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Los Angeles County, CA  1.67% ($38,595 average AGI)
from Ventura County, CA  0.35% ($43,063)
from Tulare County, CA  0.22% ($35,968)


4.94% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($40,551 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.94%
California average:  6.27%

0.11% of residents moved to foreign countries ($736 average AGI)
Kern County:  0.11%
California average:  0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Los Angeles County, CA  0.71% ($35,352 average AGI)
to Tulare County, CA  0.18% ($32,865)
to San Diego County, CA  0.18% ($33,368)


Strongest AM radio stations in Bear Valley Springs:
  • KIRN (670 AM; 35 kW; SIMI VALLEY, CA; Owner: LOTUS OXNARD CORP.)
  • KMAP (1050 AM; 10 kW; FRAZIER PARK, CA; Owner: KMAP, INC.)
  • KNZR (1560 AM; 25 kW; BAKERSFIELD, CA; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORP. OF CALIF.)
  • KUZZ (550 AM; 5 kW; BAKERSFIELD, CA; Owner: OWENS ONE COMPANY)
  • KERI (1180 AM; 50 kW; WASCO-GREENACRES, CA; Owner: KWSO, INC.)
  • KSPN (710 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: KABC-AM RADIO, INC.)
  • KLAC (570 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • KFI (640 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KFWB (980 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • KGET (970 AM; 5 kW; BAKERSFIELD, CA; Owner: CLEVELAND RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
  • KACD (850 AM; 25 kW; THOUSAND OAKS, CA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KMJ (580 AM; 50 kW; FRESNO, CA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KDIS (1110 AM; 50 kW; PASADENA, CA; Owner: ABC,INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Bear Valley Springs:
  • KMYX-FM (92.5 FM; ARVIN, CA; Owner: FARMWORKER EDUC. RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
  • K266AH (101.1 FM; BENA, CA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KTQX (90.1 FM; BAKERSFIELD, CA; Owner: RADIO BILINGUE, INC.)
  • KKZQ (100.1 FM; TEHACHAPI, CA; Owner: HIGH DESERT BROADCASTING LLC)
  • KFRB (91.3 FM; BAKERSFIELD, CA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • KUZZ-FM (107.9 FM; BAKERSFIELD, CA; Owner: OWENS ONE COMPANY, INC)
  • KISV (94.1 FM; BAKERSFIELD, CA; Owner: AMERICAN GENERAL MEDIA CORP.)
  • KGFM (101.5 FM; BAKERSFIELD, CA; Owner: LAGNIAPPE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • K293AG (106.5 FM; TAFT, CA; Owner: CENTRO CRISTIANO DE FE, INC.)
  • KKBB (99.3 FM; BAKERSFIELD, CA; Owner: BUCKLEY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KRAB (106.1 FM; GREENACRES, CA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KVLI-FM (104.5 FM; LAKE ISABELLA, CA; Owner: ROBERT J. AND KATHERINE M. BOHN)
  • KCNQ (102.5 FM; KERNVILLE, CA; Owner: ROBERT J. & KATHERINE M. BOHN)
  • KCBS-FM (93.1 FM; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • KTPI-FM (103.1 FM; TEHACHAPI, CA; Owner: CONCORD MEDIA GROUP OF CALIFORNIA, INC.)
  • KRTH-FM (101.1 FM; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • KZLA-FM (93.9 FM; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • KSCA (101.9 FM; GLENDALE, CA; Owner: HBC LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • K212FA (90.3 FM; TEMPLE CITY, CA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • KLOS (95.5 FM; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: KLOS-FM RADIO, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Bear Valley Springs:
  • KTRO-LP (Channel 50; LANCASTER, CA; Owner: ROBERT D. ADELMAN)
  • K48AG (Channel 48; BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS, CA; Owner: BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS PROPERTY OWNERS)
  • K51AJ (Channel 51; BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS, CA; Owner: BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS PROPERTY OWNERS)
  • K54AJ (Channel 54; BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS, CA; Owner: BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS PROPERTY OWNERS)
  • K56BC (Channel 56; BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS, CA; Owner: BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS PROPERTY OWNERS)
  • K60BD (Channel 60; BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS, CA; Owner: BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS PROPERTY OWNERS)
  • K62BB (Channel 62; BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS, CA; Owner: BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS PROPERTY OWNERS)
  • K66BL (Channel 66; BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS, CA; Owner: BEAR VALLEY SPGS.PROPERTY OWNERS')
  • K68BN (Channel 68; BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS, CA; Owner: BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS PROPERTY OWNERS)
  • K64DO (Channel 64; BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS, CA; Owner: BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS PROPERTY OWNERS)
  • KJOI-LP (Channel 34; BAKERSFIELD, CA; Owner: GARY M. COCOLA FAMILY TRUST, GARY M. COCOLA TRUSTEE)
  • KGET-TV (Channel 17; BAKERSFIELD, CA; Owner: ACKERLEY MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • K20AA (Channel 20; BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS, CA; Owner: BEAR VALLEY SPGS PROP OWNERS ASSOC.)
  • K33AD (Channel 33; BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS, CA; Owner: BEAR VALLEY SPR. PROPERTY OWNERS)
  • K35AC (Channel 35; BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS, CA; Owner: BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS PROPERTY OWNERS)
  • K39AD (Channel 39; BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS, CA; Owner: BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS PROPERTY OWNERS)
  • K41AC (Channel 41; BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS, CA; Owner: BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS PROPERTY OWNERS)
  • KTFB-CA (Channel 4; BAKERSFIELD, CA; Owner: TELEFUTURA BAKERSFIELD LLC)

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