Kernville, CA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+17.3 |
| 2012 | R+21.6 |
| 2016 | R+25.2 |
| 2020 | R+15.6 |
| 2024 | R+23.4 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 857 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+23.4 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $49,883 |
| County | Kern County |
| State | CA |
Place narrative
Kernville sits at the northern end of Lake Isabella in the Kern River canyon, where a recreation-dependent economy and sparse population give it voting patterns more akin to rural mountain communities than the broader California norm.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −23.4% | 276 | 449 | 15 | 740 |
| 2020 | R | −15.6% | 392 | 540 | 16 | 948 |
| 2016 | R | −25.2% | 281 | 482 | 36 | 799 |
| 2012 | R | −21.6% | 314 | 493 | 23 | 830 |
| 2008 | R | −17.3% | 331 | 471 | 6 | 808 |
| 2004† | R | −33.9% | 243 | 495 | 6 | 744 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 83.0% |
| Black | 0.1% |
| Asian | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6.2% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $49,883 |
| Poverty rate | 1.9% |
| Median age | 65.6 |
| Age 18–29 | — |
| Age 65 and older | 55.2% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 54.5% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 4.8% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Kern County county page and the CA state page.