El AdobeCA
253 people call this town in California home.
Is El Adobe a good place to live?
El Adobe’s midsummer high is 99°F, where California’s towns sit at 89°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. El Adobe has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
253 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in El Adobe.
El Adobe has 0.1 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
The top destinations are Bakersfield (17%), Lamont (4%) and Shafter (3%). El Adobe’s middle household income comes in at $51,000. Half the trips to work are shorter than 12 miles.
| El Adobe | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $51,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a high hazard risk in El Adobe: earthquakes
FEMA puts 63% of El Adobe’s expected hazard losses down to earthquakes, and 28% to inland flooding. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In El Adobe, expect mild winters and hot summers
Its January low comes in at 40°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
El Adobe stands out in California and nationally: a larger share of its adults report frequent physical distress
A fifth of adults smoke cigarettes in El Adobe. The town does better than the California average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 24. Two figures for adults here: 18% have diabetes, 22% report frequent mental distress.
| El Adobe | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 22% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 12% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | El Adobe | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.5% | 6.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 29.2% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about El Adobe
Dignity Health Arena and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around El Adobe. Close and well known come first.
9 mi Stadium & arenaDignity Health Arena
26 mi MuseumFort Tejon
22 mi National MonumentCésar E. Chávez National Monument31K visitors a year14 mi Zoo & aquariumCalifornia Living Museum
11 mi MuseumKern County Museum85K visitors a year
10 mi MuseumBakersfield Museum of ArtPhoto credits
Dignity Health Arena: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Fort Tejon: Yellowute at English Wikipedia, Public domain · César E. Chávez National Monument: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Kern County Museum: (WT-de) Mistoffeles, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bakersfield Museum of Art: Skyman9999. Skyman9999, CC0
Moving to El Adobe: who provides what
El Adobe 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.
100% of working residents leave El Adobe for work
Where El Adobe’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of El Adobe
About 9 of every 100 El Adobe residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
Questions about El Adobe
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Is El Adobe, CA a good place to live?
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