Editing Inyokern, California (section)

==Present time==
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Today{{when|date=March 2023}} Inyokern serves as a sparsely-populated bedroom community for workers on the base desiring a more rural lifestyle.

The town infrastructure consists of two churches, a post office, market and gas station, convenience store and gas station, a variety store, hardware store, welding and blacksmith shop, a county park, two restaurants, a motel, an autobody shop and several antique shops. In the 1990s the building which formerly housed the library was demolished and replaced by a Senior Citizen's Center.  Inyokern also had a now-closed [[Kern County Sheriff's Department|Kern County Sheriff's Office]] substation and a [[California Department of Transportation|Caltrans]] road maintenance center and a motorcycle shop and blanket store.  The town water and sewer system is managed by the Community Services Center.  The population of the town peaked circa 1988 following a period of expansion on the naval base, but has dwindled since then, and many properties were abandoned during the military downsizing of the 1990s.  Until the 1990s, the main commercial block of the town along highway 178 was a somewhat picturesque street of older buildings constructed of local rock and bricks, including a vintage post office, cafe, three bars, and a small Chinese restaurant.  This street is sometimes used in filming Hollywood westerns.  The Inyokern airport is used to film commercials.