Living in Bakersfield

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Bakersfield has an average Walk Score of 37 with 347,483 residents.

Bakersfield has some public transportation and does not have many bike lanes.

The most walkable Bakersfield neighborhoods are Oleander-Sunset, Riviera-Westchester and Downtown.

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Bakersfield is a Car-Dependent city

Most errands require a car.

Walk Score Map

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Beale Park

Haggin Oaks Park

Most errands require a car in Bakersfield.

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Bakersfield Neighborhoods

Rank #	Name	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	Oleander-Sunset	70	36	57	15,196
2	Riviera-Westchester	62	39	61	4,262
3	Downtown	61	39	47	3,247
4	Park Stockdale	59	32	57	6,701
5	Homaker Park	58	32	50	4,871
6	Lakeview	56	32	53	10,392
7	Baker Street	55	29	43	2,070
8	Southgate	52	34	45	6,955
9	Ridgeview Estates	47	25	35	1,929
10	Sagepointe	46	29	52	3,222
11	CSU Bakersfield	45	32	54	2,164
12	Westlakes	43	17	43	2,230
13	Riverlakes	43	21	47	2,618
14	Quailwood	42	30	64	1,899
15	Laurelglen	42	29	44	8,355
16	San Trope	41	19	45	810
17	Fruitvale	37	16	48	6,997
18	Kern City	36	29	43	2,665
19	Stockdale Greens	36	28	63	2,391
20	Amberton	36	26	46	1,462
21	Fairway Oaks	34	19	50	1,797
22	Silver Creek	34	22	36	7,069
23	Haggin Oaks	33	27	37	2,377
24	Stockdale Country Club	33	28	50	1,407
25	The Oaks	33	23	37	4,864
26	Pheasant Run	31	23	51	2,978
27	The Seasons	30	25	37	5,376
28	Stonegate	30	22	32	4,011
29	Crystal Ranch	28	13	40	2,481
30	Madison Grove	26	3	44	2,819
31	Seven Oaks	24	18	38	3,858
32	Westdale Classics	24	19	44	623
33	Avalon	24	15	40	2,943
34	Eagle Ranch	22	16	41	2,022
35	Stockdale West	21	5	48	3,691
36	River Oaks	20	18	51	2,170
37	Emerald Estates	20	18	42	4,583
38	Tevis Ranch	20	0	38	3,564
39	Brighton	19	20	43	1,692
40	Seven Oaks at Grand Island	18	4	40	3,251
41	Hampton Woods	16	2	35	3,027
42	Brimhall Estates	16	20	39	1,249
43	Stone Meadows	13	24	30	5,156
44	Villages of Brimhall-Brimhall Classics	12	19	41	2,359
45	Artisan	11	-	33	3,063
46	Eastridge Estates	11	20	11	1,461
47	Fox Run	11	18	36	2,743
48	Southern Oaks	11	0	32	2,733
49	Stone Creek	10	19	30	1,815
50	Nottingham Estates	9	18	31	1,273
51	Campus Park	9	10	31	2,200
52	Mountain Meadows	9	12	26	718
53	Tyner Homes	8	24	28	3,124
54	Terra Vista	7	-	32	2,940
55	Rio Bravo	7	10	19	1,833
56	City in the Hills	4	3	28	1,584
57	Tuscany	4	13	9	746

thumbnail for Beale Park Beale Park is one of the few places in town you can find an outdoor amphitheater complete with built in seating. #oleandersunset

Derian Gordon
on Beale Park

Bakersfield has Some Transit

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Public Transit Routes

Bakersfield has some public transportation and about 17 bus lines.

Transit Time

The map above shows how far you can travel in 30 minutes from Bakersfield on public transit.

Bakersfield is Somewhat Bikeable

Minimal bike infrastructure.

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Lowell Park

California State University, Bakersfield

Beale Park

thumbnail for Haggin Oaks Park This sundial is an awesome neighborhood attribute. It is also the only one I have seen at any of the neighborhood parks I have been to. A very fun an interactive way to get kids engaged an thinking while at the park playing.