Fellows, 2008
Fellows’s story
116 years in pictures
Census counts: 153 in 2000, 52 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 4 maps from 1944 on.
- 1910Fellows is settled
FellowsCA
71 people live in this town, settled in 1910.
Is Fellows a good place to live?
Fellows’ average trip to work is 43 minutes, above both California’s towns (28 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Fellows has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Small town
71 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Nearby towns
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Fellows.
Natural hazards
Fellows faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by earthquakes
93risk score of 100
The FEMA risk score here in Fellows is 93 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 85% come from earthquakes and 11% from inland flooding.
FEMA risk score
EarthquakesInland flooding
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Schools
The schools Fellows’s kids attend
The Midway Elementary school district runs its public schools. Its one school is below. 65 students attend Fellows’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 65 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts
Typical low → high °F
Winter39–60°
Spring48–74°
Summer63–95°
Fall51–79°
Dec 17
typical first frost
Jan 24
typical last frost
+1.7°
vs. the 20th-century average
97°
typical summer high
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health
Fellows stands out in California and nationally, with more of its adults who smoke cigarettes
31% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Fellows. Of 32 CDC measures, Fellows beats the California average on 1 and trails it on 21.
| Fellows | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 22% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 11% | 14% |
32 measures vs. California
1 better10 too close to call21 worse
| What stands out | Fellows | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 74.5% | 71.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.5% | 5.1% |
Mercy Hospital
32.3 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Outdoors
Open space protected for good: 1.1% of Fellows
1.1%conserved
The park or preserve in Fellows covers 4 acres.
1.1%
conserved · 5 of 442 acres
0.0 mi
of trails
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fellows Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Fellows
15pages on Fellows
The big questions
Out and about
Getting set up
Moving to Fellows: who provides what
Fellows is unincorporated, so Kern County and regional agencies provide most services.
PowerPG&E37.5¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterWest Kern Water DistrictNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & county servicesKern CountyKern County provides services here
SchoolsMidway Elementary School DistrictTaft Union High School District2 districts serve Fellows; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereKern County Clerk - Elections OfficeKern County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2025
ZIP code9322493224 100%Census 2020
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
After high school
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Fellows
About 0 of every 100 Fellows residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Fellows
Place in California, United States
Fellows is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Fellows is located 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of Taft, at an elevation of 1,316 feet (401 m). The population was 52 at the 2020 census, down from 106 at the 2010 census. Fellows is surrounded on all sides by the enormous Midway-Sunset Oil Field, the third-largest oil field in the United States, and the oil and gas industry accounts for much of the area's economic activity.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,316 ft
- ZIP code
- 93224
- Area code
- 661
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