2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Bakersfield, CA vs Kernville, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Kernville has been positive.
- Kernville has 3.1% less unemployment than Bakersfield.
- Kernville job growth has increased by 7.4% in the past 10 years.
 Bakersfield, CAKernville, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock11.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth24.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.7%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-4.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth10.6%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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Reviews for Kernville    3 Reviews

Kernville is the best kept secret in all of California. There is know place that I have ever lived, that could give me the peace and solitude that this beautiful little  More

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Over 13 years ago

it is nice to live  More

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Over 16 years ago

Kernville is at the bottom of the High Sierra Southernly Mountains. Quaint little resort town, on the Kern River. We have fishing, boating, hiking, camping and during  More

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