GreenacresCA
A town of 4,906, founded in 1930.
Is Greenacres a good place to live?
Greenacres grades C overall, 370th among California's 841 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. On the other side, the typical home is worth about $352K, 5 years of the Bakersfield metro’s $70K median household income. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $92K. Greenacres’ July high is 99°F, where California’s towns sit at 89°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
98% of working residents leave Greenacres for work
Where Greenacres’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Greenacres grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Greenacres is from typical.
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Moving to Greenacres: who provides what
Greenacres 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 Greenacres.
Greenacres carries less natural-hazard risk than most of California (mostly earthquakes) and has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has little public open land.
About half of Greenacres’ working residents commute to Bakersfield
The average commute for its 2,082 working residents takes 22.1 minutes, against 28.7 across California.
Most working residents leave Greenacres for work: only 2% work in town. 4.1% of Greenacres residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Greenacres has added 98 jobs, to 1,245 in 2023.
| Greenacres | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Greenacres’ public schools outperform 61% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Fruitvale Elementary school district. One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitvale Junior HighLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 693 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
In Greenacres, expect mild winters and hot summers
The Bakersfield Ap weather station, 5 miles away, records that about 112 days a year reach 90°, more than in 97% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 99°, hotter than in 99% of U.S. towns; January nights average 40°.
Greenacres has warm winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Greenacres’ January low is 40°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Greenacres faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by earthquakes
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 89% of California towns, with expected losses of about $389 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Greenacres is 58 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Greenacres are healthier than 53% of U.S. towns
Greenacres beats the California average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 19% of adults report frequent mental distress in Greenacres.
| Greenacres | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 72% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Greenacres | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.7% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 14.7% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.4% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 1.1% of Greenacres
Just 13 of its 1,213 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Greenacres itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Greenacres Park | — | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Greenacres sells for about $395K at the median
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 Greenacres. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Stadium & arenaDignity Health Arena
37 mi MuseumFort Tejon
6 mi MuseumKern County Museum85K visitors a year
33 mi National MonumentCésar E. Chávez National Monument31K visitors a year14 mi Zoo & aquariumCalifornia Living Museum
6 mi MuseumBakersfield Museum of ArtPhoto credits
Dignity Health Arena: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Fort Tejon: Yellowute at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Kern County Museum: (WT-de) Mistoffeles, CC BY-SA 4.0 · César E. Chávez National Monument: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Bakersfield Museum of Art: Skyman9999. Skyman9999, CC0
Everything we know about Greenacres
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Greenacres
About 2 of every 100 Greenacres residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Greenacres
Census-designated place in California, United States
Greenacres (formerly, Green Acres) is a census-designated place in Kern County, California. It is located 6.25 miles (10 km) west of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 381 feet (116 m). The population was 5,496 at the 2020 census. Greenacres was founded in 1930.
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- Area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 381 ft
Greenacres’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Greenacres.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenacres | #370 | C | D | — | B | B− |
| Bakersfield | #780 | D− | D− | D | C | C |
| Rosedale | #301 | C+ | D− | — | B | A− |
Greenacres and Rosedale report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Greenacres with a neighbor →
Questions about Greenacres
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Greenacres, CA a good place to live?
Greenacres grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #370 of 841 in California. It grades B− for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Greenacres, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $352,000, 54% 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 D.