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Population (year 2000): 21,263. Estimated
population in July 2005: 23,874 (+12.3% change)
Males: 13,764 (64.7%), Females: 7,499 (35.3%)
Kern County
Zip code:
93280
Median resident age: 29.3 years
Median household income: $28,997 (year 2000)
Median house value: $81,700 (year 2000)
Races in Wasco:
- Hispanic (66.7%)
- Other race (50.5%)
- White Non-Hispanic (21.6%)
- Black (10.3%)
- Two or more races (2.8%)
- American Indian (1.4%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (3.2%), German (2.6%),
English (1.7%), Irish (1.2%).
Elevation: 325 feet
Land area: 7.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wasco
- High school or higher: 54.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.1%
- Unemployed: 21.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wasco city
- Never married: 20.0%
- Now married: 63.5%
- Separated: 4.2%
- Widowed: 9.3%
- Divorced: 3.0%
23.3% Foreign born (22.7% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +8,588 (+67.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Wasco:
- DELANO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles;
DELANO, CA)
- BAKERSFIELD HEART HOSPITAL (about 25 miles;
BAKERSFIELD, CA)
- GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL (about 25 miles;
BAKERSFIELD, CA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wasco:
- MEADOWS FIELD (about 24 miles; BAKERSFIELD, CA; ID:
BFL)
- VISALIA MUNI (about 50 miles; VISALIA, CA; ID: VIS)
- FRESNO YOSEMITE INTERNATIONAL (about 85 miles;
FRESNO, CA; ID: FAT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wasco:
- WASCO-KERN COUNTY (about 2 miles; WASCO, CA; ID:
L19)
- DELANO MUNI (about 13 miles; DELANO, CA; ID: DLO)
- SHAFTER-MINTER FIELD (about 13 miles; SHAFTER, CA;
ID: MIT)
Amtrak station:
WASCO (700 G ST.). Services: fully wheelchair accessible.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wasco:
- BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE (about 29 miles; BAKERSFIELD,
CA; Full-time enrollment: 7,978)
- CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-BAKERSFIELD (about 30
miles; BAKERSFIELD, CA; FT enrollment: 5,273)
- TAFT COLLEGE (about 31 miles; Taft, CA; FT
enrollment: 2,801)
- PORTERVILLE COLLEGE (about 39 miles; PORTERVILLE,
CA; FT enrollment: 2,288)
- COLLEGE OF THE SEQUOIAS (about 50 miles; VISALIA,
CA; FT enrollment: 6,295)
- REEDLEY COLLEGE (about 71 miles; REEDLEY, CA; FT
enrollment: 5,344)
- WEST HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 79 miles;
COALINGA, CA; FT enrollment: 2,406)
Public high schools in Wasco:
- WASCO HIGH (Students: 1,348; Location: 1900
7TH ST.; Grades: 09 - 12)
- INDEPENDENCE HIGH (CONT.) (Students: 93;
Location: 1445 POSO DR.; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Wasco:
- PALM AVENUE ELEMENTARY (Students: 1,003;
Location: 1017 PALM AVE.; Grades: 04 - 06)
- JEFFERSON (THOMAS) MIDDLE (Students: 682;
Location: 305 GRIFFITH AVE.; Grades: 07 - 08)
- PRUEITT (JOHN L.) ELEMENTARY (Students: 661;
Location: 3501 SEVENTH ST.; Grades: KG - 02)
- CLEMENS (KARL F.) ELEMENTARY (Students: 644;
Location: 523 BROADWAY ST.; Grades: 01 - 03)
- SEMITROPIC ELEMENTARY (Students: 258;
Location: 25300 HWY. 46; Grades: KG - 08)
Private primary/middle schools in Wasco:
- NORTH KERN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 151;
Location: 710 PETERS STREET; Grades: PK - 11)
- ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST (Students: 83;
Location: 929 BROADWAY; Grades: PK - 8)
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