Valley AcresCA
A town of 595 in California.
Is Valley Acres a good place to live?
Valley Acres’ midsummer high is 98°F, against 89°F in California’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns. Valley Acres’ concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile, below both the California town median (1.0) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Valley Acres has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
595 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Valley Acres: who provides what
Valley Acres 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 Valley Acres.
Natural hazards: very high risk in Valley Acres, mostly earthquakes
FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in Valley Acres than in 88% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Valley Acres break down as 60% from earthquakes and 24% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Valley Acres has 0.2 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
The top destinations are Bakersfield (22%), Taft (16%) and Rosedale (4%). The middle household income for Valley Acres is $136,000. Half of commuters travel less than 25 miles. 4.5% of residents live below the poverty line in the town.
| Valley Acres | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $136,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of California and the rest of the country, more of Valley Acres’ adults report frequent mental distress
Among adults in Valley Acres, 13% have diabetes. Two figures for adults locally: 18% report frequent physical distress, 70% had a checkup this year.
| Valley Acres | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 17% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 72% | 79% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Valley Acres | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.8% | 10.6% |
| More smokers | 18.5% | 10.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.6% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Valley Acres is conserved land
Trails run 0.3 miles in 1 park or preserve. Its park or preserve gives Valley Acres 3 acres of open land.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Valley Acres Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Valley Acres
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Valley Acres
About 7 of every 100 Valley Acres residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
100% of working residents leave Valley Acres for work
Where Valley Acres’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Valley Acres
Place in California, United States
Valley Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Valley Acres is located 5.2 miles (8.4 km) north-northeast of Taft, at an elevation of 420 feet (128.02 m). The population was 504 at the 2020 census, down from 527 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 4.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 420 ft
- Area code
- 661
Questions about Valley Acres
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Valley Acres, CA a good place to live?
Valley Acres has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.