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Crime Map and Safety Score for Kern County, California

Browse neighborhood-by-neighborhood crime scores for every Census block group in Kern County. Severity-weighted and rate-normalized, built for real estate, PropTech, and location intelligence workflows.

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Kern County, California local context

Kern County, California is a larger regional county market, with an estimated 915,075 residents across 284,931 households based on 2024 ACS 5-year profile data.

The county housing profile includes both owner and renter context, with owner-occupied homes at 60.1% and renter-occupied homes at 39.9%.

The county profile also includes broad socioeconomic context, including a 19.2% poverty rate, a 8.6% unemployment rate, 18.8% bachelor's degree or higher attainment.

Commute context is included as well, with 7.2% of workers reporting commutes of 60 minutes or more.

CrimeScore pairs this county profile with neighborhood-level safety scores and block group map layers so teams can compare local areas inside Kern County without relying on one broad county-level view.

County profile data uses 2024 ACS 5-year estimates.

Population 915,075
Households 284,931
Block Groups 600
Bachelor's+ 18.8%
Owner occupied 60.1%
Renter occupied 39.9%
Poverty rate 19.2%
Unemployment 8.6%
60+ min commute 7.2%

How to read the map

Each colored polygon is a Census block group, typically 600 to 3,000 residents. Greener regions score safer; orange and red indicate higher modeled risk. Click any block group to see its score and grade. A free account unlocks component breakdowns and API access for production use.

About the model

Scores in Kern County come from the same gradient-boosted ensemble we ship through the CrimeScore crime data API, crime score API, and embeddable crime map. Built from normalized national location signals and validated across geography. Protected attributes are excluded from scoring, and prohibited/high-impact uses are explicitly out of scope.