McKittrick, California
McKittrick is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States. McKittrick is northwest of Taft, at an elevation of. The population was 102 at the 2020 census, down from 115 at the 2010 census. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined McKittrick as a census-designated place.
Geography
McKittrick is located at the junction of State Routes 33 and 58.According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of, all of it land.
The town is in the center of a large oil-producing region in western Kern County. Along State Route 33 to the south of the town is the Midway-Sunset Oil Field, the second-largest oil field in the contiguous United States; within the town itself, as well as to the west is the McKittrick Field; to the northwest is the huge Cymric Field; and along Highway 33 beyond Cymric is the large South Belridge Oil Field, run by Aera Energy LLC. East of McKittrick is Occidental Petroleum's Elk Hills Field, formerly the U.S. Naval Petroleum Reserve.
The McKittrick Tar Pits, which are similar to the more famous La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, contain an assemblage of bones of ice age mammals. They are a series of surface seeps from the underlying McKittrick Oil Field.
History
The first post office at McKittrick opened in 1910. The name honors Capt. William McKittrick, local landowner and rancher. McKittrick incorporated in 1911.Demographics
McKittrick first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.2020
The 2020 United States census reported that McKittrick had a population of 102. The population density was. The racial makeup of McKittrick was 68 White, 1 African American, 2 Native American, 1 Asian, 0 Pacific Islander, 15 from other races, and 15 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 25 persons.The whole population lived in households. There were 38 households, out of which 10 had children under the age of 18 living in them, 17 were married-couple households, 3 were cohabiting couple households, 7 had a female householder with no partner present, and 11 had a male householder with no partner present. 9 households were one person, and 4 were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.68. There were 25 families.
The age distribution was 22 people under the age of 18, 13 people aged 18 to 24, 24 people aged 25 to 44, 26 people aged 45 to 64, and 17 people who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 43.0years. There were 62 males and 40 females.
There were 38 housing units at an average density of, which were all occupied, 27 by homeowners and 11 by renters.
2010
At the 2010 census McKittrick had a population of 115. The population density was. The racial makeup of McKittrick was 101 White, 1 African American, 1 Native American, 0 Asian, 0 Pacific Islander, 7 from other races, and 5 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9 people.The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.
There were 42 households, 14 had children under the age of 18 living in them, 21 were opposite-sex married couples living together, 7 had a female householder with no husband present, 2 had a male householder with no wife present. There were 5 unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 0 same-sex married couples or partnerships. 9 households were one person and 3 had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.74. There were 30 families ; the average family size was 3.07.
The age distribution was 21 people under the age of 18, 11 people aged 18 to 24, 24 people aged 25 to 44, 45 people aged 45 to 64, and 14 people who were 65 or older. The median age was 45.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males.
There were 46 housing units at an average density of 17.6 per square mile, of the occupied units 27 were owner-occupied and 15 were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.3%. 80 people lived in owner-occupied housing units and 35 people lived in rental housing units.