Benton ParkCA
A town of 5,707.
Is Benton Park a good place to live?
Benton Park grades D− overall, ranked 798th of 841 in California, mostly because of health and incomes. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 95% of the country. The median household income is $50K, and 37% of residents live below the poverty line. What it does well: it is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. 37% of residents live below the poverty line in Benton Park, where California’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Only 9 of California’s 1,064 towns score lower on the outdoors.
What makes Benton Park stand out
Where Benton Park beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
99% of working residents leave Benton Park for work
Where Benton Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Benton Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Benton Park is from typical.
Its grades run from A for walkability (better than 86% of comparable towns) to D− for health (better than 5%), so the D− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Benton Park: who provides what
Benton Park is unincorporated, so Kern County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Benton Park.
Benton Park has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Bakersfield and beyond, but it has poverty well above the California rate.
Benton Park’s grade for health is a D−
36% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Benton Park. Benton Park beats the California average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 21. 22% of adults report frequent mental distress in Benton Park.
| Benton Park | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 22% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Benton Park | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.1% | 6.4% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 16.9% | 7.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Benton Park’s schools trail 77% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Bakersfield City school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 660 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Benton Park than in most of California or the rest of the country
Benton Park has 281 jobs for its 1,790 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
0.7% of Benton Park working residents work locally. The top destinations are Bakersfield (47%), Los Angeles (4%) and Oildale (2%). The average trip to work in Benton Park is 23 minutes.
| Benton Park | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $50,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Benton Park, with earthquakes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Benton Park, expect mild winters and hot summers
The Bakersfield Ap weather station, 6 miles away, records that about 112 days a year reach 90°, more than in 97% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 99.1°, hotter than in 99% of U.S. towns; January nights average 40.1°.
Benton Park has warm winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Benton Park’s July high is 99°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Benton Park | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 99°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 40°F | 41°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in Benton Park sell for about $299K
The median sale price was $299,000 in May 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Dignity Health Arena and 6 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Benton Park. Close and well known come first.
2 mi Stadium & arenaDignity Health Arena
3 mi MuseumKern County Museum85K visitors a year
34 mi MuseumFort Tejon
27 mi National MonumentCésar E. Chávez National Monument31K visitors a year10 mi Zoo & aquariumCalifornia Living Museum
2 mi MuseumBakersfield Museum of ArtPhoto credits
Dignity Health Arena: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Kern County Museum: (WT-de) Mistoffeles, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Tejon: Yellowute at English Wikipedia, Public domain · César E. Chávez National Monument: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Bakersfield Museum of Art: Skyman9999. Skyman9999, CC0
Everything we know about Benton Park
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Benton Park
About 7 of every 100 Benton Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
About Benton Park
Place in California, United States
Benton Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, Benton Park had a population of 5,333. Although it is designated by the census as its own place, it is functionally a neighborhood of Bakersfield. The boundaries of the neighborhood of Benton Park extend further than the boundaries of the CDP.
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Benton Park’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Benton Park.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton Park | #798 | D− | C− | — | C− | D− |
| Old Stine | #816 | D− | C− | — | C− | D |
Benton Park and Old Stine report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Benton Park with a neighbor →
Questions about Benton Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Benton Park, CA a good place to live?
Benton Park grades D− overall, in the bottom 2% of U.S. towns and #798 of 841 in California. It grades D− for health and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Benton Park, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $241,000, 68% below the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.