Bodfish, California

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Bodfish is a census-designated place (CDP) in the southern Kern River Valley of the Southern Sierra Nevada, in Kern County, California, United States.

Bodfish is located Template:Convert east-northeast of Bakersfield,<ref name=CGN>Template:California's Geographic Names</ref> at an elevation of Template:Convert.<ref name=gnis />

The population was 2,008 at the 2020 census, up from 1,956 at the 2010 census.

History

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Guide sign along Lake Isabella Boulevard at the east extent of Bodfish

The place was named for George Homer Bodfish, who settled nearby in 1867.<ref name=CGN />

The Bodfish post office first opened in 1892, closed in 1895, and re-opened in 1906.<ref name=CGN /> The Vaughn post office was moved to Bodfish in 1906.<ref name=CGN />

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Bodfish had a population of 2,008. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Bodfish was 83.8% White, 1.0% African American, 2.2% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 3.8% from other races, and 8.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.6% of the population.

The whole population lived in households. There were 958 households, out of which 15.4% included children under the age of 18, 34.4% were married-couple households, 8.9% were cohabiting couple households, 27.9% had a female householder with no partner present, and 28.8% had a male householder with no partner present. 37.7% of households were one person, and 19.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.10. There were 511 families (53.3% of all households).

The age distribution was 14.7% under the age of 18, 6.1% aged 18 to 24, 17.2% aged 25 to 44, 33.0% aged 45 to 64, and 29.0% who were 65Template:Nbspyears of age or older. The median age was 55.4Template:Nbspyears. For every 100 females, there were 111.8 males.

There were 1,215 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert, of which 958 (78.8%) were occupied. Of these, 72.5% were owner-occupied, and 27.5% were occupied by renters.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $33,295, and the per capita income was $16,165. About 42.4% of families and 54.8% of the population were below the poverty line.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>