South
South Bakersfield, the 93313 stretch below the city's working spine, is residential in the unglamorous sense of the word: modest single-family lots, long arterials, and the kind of neighborhood retail that exists to be useful rather than photographed. The dating texture is similarly unromanticized. People meet at work, at church, through cousins, and occasionally at a taqueria that locals will defend against any outsider ranking. The tradeoff is clear: cheaper rent and a tighter social weave, against a thinner bench of date venues and a commute to almost everything north of Ming. Honest territory for honest pairings.
South by the numbers
South is roughly balanced, about 49% men to 51% women.
Median individual income in South is about $37,100.
California registers voters by party, and Kern County is Republican-plurality, about 37% to 34% Democratic, the red county of the Central Valley, with a 21% No Party Preference bloc.
The median renter in South pays about $1,910 a month.
About 11,000 South residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
- SouthCafés
24th Street Cafe
- SouthDining
Wool Growers Restaurant
- SouthActivity
Ingenious Escape Rooms - Bakersfield Rosedale
Wheelchair access - SouthActivity
Bowlero Bakersfield
LGBTQ+ friendlyWheelchair access - SouthActivity
Brainy Actz Escape Rooms - Bakersfield
LGBTQ+ friendlyWheelchair access - SouthDining
Locale Farm to Table Eatery
- SouthCafés
Sweet Bites N Ice
Outdoor seatingGood for groups - SouthCafés
Carla's Cafe
- SouthCafés
La michoacana Plus Bakersfield, CA
Good for groupsWheelchair access - SouthDining
Toasted
- SouthDining
Huevo House
- SouthCafés
Dutch Bros Coffee
- SouthCafés
Blue Oak Coffee Roasting
- SouthActivity
The Empty Space
LGBTQ+ friendlyWheelchair access - SouthCafés
Rollin Creamery
LGBTQ+ friendlyGood for groups - SouthCafés
Dulce Michoacana
Wheelchair access - SouthCafés
Nourbar (Inside Prime Sports Nutrition) | Smoothies, Matcha Lattes, Coffee, Pressed Juice & Toast
- SouthCafés
Cafeinado Coffee Co
- SouthDining
Kage Asian Bistro
- SouthDining
The Meltdown