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Shafter city, California: commercial real estate data.
Shafter city is a Census city of 21,193 people across 38.70 square miles of land, in Kern County. Median household income is $71,215, 64.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 14 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $11.3 m.
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Shafter
What Shafter is
- Census place typecity
- Land area38.7 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land548
- County holding the largest share of its areaKern County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shafter
How many people live in Shafter
- Population21,193
- Median age28.1
- Population under 187,095
- Share under 1833.5 percent
- Population 65 and over1,590 plus or minus 318
- Share 65 and over7.5 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Households5,677
- Family households4,828
- Share of households that are families85.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shafter
Income and work in Shafter
- Median household income$71,215
- Per capita income$24,156
- Civilian labor force9,254
- Employed8,713
- Unemployed541 plus or minus 144
- Unemployment rate5.8 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over11,945
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher73.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.4 percent plus or minus 1.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shafter
Housing in Shafter
- Housing units5,924
- Occupied units5,677
- Vacant units247 plus or minus 138
- Vacancy rate4.2 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Owner occupied3,674
- Renter occupied2,003
- Ownership rate64.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$335,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,253
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.1 percent
- Single family units4,895
- Share single family82.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more531 plus or minus 167
- Share in buildings of two or more9.0 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Mobile homes498 plus or minus 174
- Median year structure built1993
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shafter
How Shafter gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,975
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,926
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,291
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.7 percent
- Drove alone81.0 percent
- Carpooled12.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Public transport0.5 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home4.4 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shafter
SBA loans in Shafter (7(a))
- Approvals14
- Gross approval$11,255,500
- Average approval$803,964
- Median approval$680,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,600,000
- Largest approval$3,400,000
- Jobs supported224
- Jobs per approval16.0
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more35.7 percent
- Share to franchises7.1 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS10
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Shafter
SBA loans in Shafter (504)
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$18,891,000
- Average approval$1,574,250
- Median approval$1,317,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported170
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Shafter
Flood risk in Shafter
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060082
- Currently effective map date10/21/21
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Kern County, not Shafter
Kern County context, not Shafter figures
These are Kern County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Shafter measurements.
- Establishments in Kern County14,352
- Employment at those establishments, Kern County219,016
- Covered employment, Kern County347,664
- Average annual pay, Kern County$60,066
- Average weekly wage, Kern County$1,155
- Housing units permitted, Kern County3,244
- Of those, single family, Kern County2,812
- County product, 2024, Kern County$63,069,657,000
- County product change over the prior year, Kern County4.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Kern County$54,556
Every figure in this section is published for Kern County as a whole and is not a measurement of Shafter. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Shafter questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Shafter, California?
21,193, in 5,677 households. Shafter city covers 38.70 square miles of land, which is 548 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Shafter in?
Kern County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Shafter?
$71,215. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $335,800. Median gross rent is $1,253 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Shafter businesses?
14 7(a) approvals totalling $11.3 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $680,000, plus 12 504 approvals worth $18.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Shafter, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Shafter borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Shafter. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Shafter in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Shafter appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060082, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Shafter figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kern County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Shafter.
Is zoning published for Shafter?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.