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Kern

United States · GDP 2024
#94 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 94% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$63.1B
GDP growth
+4.8%
Jobs tracked
219,016
Employers
14,352
Avg. wage
$57.7k
Population
927,068
Labor & formation
Unemployment
8.3%
Median HH income
$70.2k±$1.3k
Business applications
8,751 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Tejon Ranch Co.Industrials$49.6M58C2Trio Petroleum Corp.Energy$398.7k27D3Mission BancorpFinancial Services———4Spectrum Oil CorpEnergy———

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care26%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation19%
Transportation14%
Manufacturing10%
Construction10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
927,068
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $50.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−14,010
International migration+12,924
Natural change+21,702

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$46.8B
2019
$45.8B
2020
$53.1B
2021
$57.9B
2022
$60.2B
2023
$63.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$338.3k±$2.9k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$21/mo
Vacancy rate
7.2%±0.4%
Affordability
5.9× wages
Residential permits
3,159 (3.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
98.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 100Heat wave 99Earthquake 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
545
2016
567
2017
596
2018
624
2019
658
2020
758
2021
888
2022
930
2023
974
2024
993
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
39.3 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
2.0 km
UP
Nearest port
128.6 km
CASITAS PIER
Nearest commercial airport
31.5 km
MEADOWS FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

10 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KTrio Petroleum Corp.07-01
10-QTrio Petroleum Corp.06-11
8-KTrio Petroleum Corp.06-05
8-KTrio Petroleum Corp.05-22
8-KTejon Ranch Co.05-15
10-QTejon Ranch Co.05-11
8-KTejon Ranch Co.05-07
8-KTrio Petroleum Corp.05-06
8-KTejon Ranch Co.04-30
8-KTrio Petroleum Corp.04-22
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$57.7k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Washington$63.2BDane$62.8BPolk$63.8BSnohomish$62.0BFresno$64.2BDenton$64.3B
The read

Kern's economy produced $63.1B in 2024, growing 4.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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