Bakersfield housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Bakersfield home prices: a typical home in Bakersfield, California was valued at $385,686 in September 2026 by the Zillow Home Value Index, 0% change on a year before, and −0.7% under the February 2025 peak of $388,269.
- Value of a typical home
- $385,686September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- 0%. Change since September 2025.
Bakersfield home prices since 2000
The steel line shows Bakersfield, and the grey line shows the United States. Over the same months the US figure was ×2.99. The typical home in Bakersfield went from $109,018 in January 2000 to $385,686, ×3.54. The boom high was $299,365 in September 2006, and the low was $132,527 in October 2011, a drop of −55.7% from the high.
Bakersfield median home price by year
Twelve monthly values are averaged to give each yearly figure; for 2026 only the latest month appears.
| Year | Bakersfield | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $107,644 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $111,999 | +4.0% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $121,953 | +8.9% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $141,629 | +16.1% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $177,318 | +25.2% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $242,319 | +36.7% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $291,057 | +20.1% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $283,172 | −2.7% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $216,839 | −23.4% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $156,153 | −28.0% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $145,628 | −6.7% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $136,043 | −6.6% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $141,157 | +3.8% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $170,800 | +21.0% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $198,089 | +16.0% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $209,580 | +5.8% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $216,140 | +3.1% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $221,365 | +2.4% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $232,638 | +5.1% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $244,113 | +4.9% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $260,041 | +6.5% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $303,552 | +16.7% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $355,942 | +17.3% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $361,038 | +1.4% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $379,549 | +5.1% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $386,859 | +1.9% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $385,686 | 0% | $366,157 |
What a home in Bakersfield bought in any year is worth today
An index-based estimate of a typical home, not an appraisal.
Each year's figure averages its twelve monthly index values, and the value now comes from September 2026. More options: the home appreciation calculator.
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Bakersfield housing market forecast
For the Bakersfield, CA metro, Zillow's forecast is +1.6% over the 12 months starting September 2026, and 0% for the next three months. With Bakersfield's typical value at $385,686, the forecast would put it near $391,900 one year on.
Zillow's central estimate for the metro appears here; this site does not publish a separate forecast. Such a 12-month forecast has typically landed several percentage points away from the realised change, in both directions. This is not investment advice.
All metro forecasts sit in one table: housing market forecast.
Bakersfield housing market crash risk score
A score of 58 out of 100, higher than normal
The ranking places Bakersfield against the 292 cities, using five conditions that were high before past price falls. Every input gets a score from 0 to 100 compared with the other cities; the five scores then get an equal-weight average. It shows conditions as of today; it makes no prediction about a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | +8.7% | 57 | 20% |
| Days on the market vs 2019 | +20.8% | 81 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 16.9 | 42 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 4.7 | 46 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | 0% | 65 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. How each input is scored: methodology. Rankings for all 292 cities: crash risk by city.
Bakersfield: homes available and days on market
During September 2026 the Bakersfield, CA metro listed 2,443 homes for sale. That was +6.7% year over year and +8.7% compared with the same month in 2019. The median sale time was 58 days, +20.8% against 2019. Price reductions affected 18.2% of listings.
| Bakersfield, CA metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 2,443 | +6.7% |
| New listings | 794 | |
| Median days on market | 58 | +4.5% |
| Median list price | $396,500 | −3.2% |
| Share with a price cut | 18.2% |
Metro inventory data from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. All metros: days on market by city.
Living costs in Bakersfield
The Zillow Observed Rent Index shows a typical asking rent of $1,901 a month in Bakersfield, +3.1% on a year. Paying that rent for 16.9 years covers the cost of a typical home. Median household income runs at $82,093 (Census ACS 2024), and a typical home there equals 4.7 times that yearly amount. According to BEA, prices in the metro stand at 100.9, compared with 100 for the US average, while housing costs reach 90.3.
What rent costs, what prices look like, and the salary needed to move there: Bakersfield cost of living.
More housing markets in California
- $927,891. Los Angeles
- $980,490. San Diego
- $1,353,869. San Jose
- $1,441,021. San Francisco
- $384,885. Fresno
- In Sacramento, $470,552.
- Long Beach $852,391
- In Oakland, $710,647.
- In Anaheim, $941,684.
- In Stockton, $422,451.
A full state overview: California's housing market.
How to read this chart
Each point represents the Zillow Home Value Index for Bakersfield. It shows the value, in that month's dollars, of a typical home in the market's middle third, smoothed and seasonally adjusted. The hollow dot shows the month on the slider; the terracotta dot shows the latest month. No inflation adjustment is applied to these numbers, and an index tracks the typical home rather than one particular house: for a single home, start with what that house sold for and use the card above or the home appreciation calculator.