Choctaw Valley

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Choctaw Valley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California. It is also the name of neighborhoods in the cities of Bakersfield and Rivergrove. As of the 2020 census, Choctaw Valley had a population of 237.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Choctaw Valley, CA from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Nearby places in California

• Potomac Park
  7.3 mi away
• Oildale
  8.2 mi away
• Cottonwood
  9 mi away · pop. 3,107
• Casa Loma
  9.6 mi away
• Old Stine
  11.4 mi away
• Lamont
  12.8 mi away · pop. 13,164
• Olde Stockdale
  12.9 mi away
• Old River
  17.6 mi away
• Arvin
  17.9 mi away · pop. 19,539
• Lakeside
  18.4 mi away · pop. 807
• Glennville
  21.4 mi away
• Mexican Colony
  21.5 mi away · pop. 148

Browse all places in California →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Choctaw Valley

The Food of a Younger Land

Mark Kurlansky · 2009

Mountains and molehills; or, Recollections of a burnt journal

Frank Marryat · 1855

Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1912

United States. General Land Office · 1912

[Petition of Tilman Leak.]

United States Congress Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire BUZZARD, Kern, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-05 · 38 mi
• Wildfire RIDGE, Los Angeles, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-07 · 46 mi
• Wildfire PLAINS, San Luis Obispo, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-12 · 63 mi
• Prescribed Fire CRAWFORD CORRAL RX, Tulare, California
  Wildfires · 2026-09-19 · 80 mi
• Wildfire Plaskett, Monterey, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-26 · 145 mi
• Wildfire DOME, Mariposa, California
  Wildfires · 2026-09-15 · 152 mi
• Wildfire Timber, Monterey, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-09 · 167 mi
• Wildfire GANN, Calaveras, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-03 · 212 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Indian Peafowl

Pavo cristatus

Seen 2026-09-30

Common Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Seen 2026-09-30

Mediterranean Mantis

Iris oratoria

Seen 2026-09-28

Common Side-blotched Lizard

Uta stansburiana

Seen 2026-09-27

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-09-27

Red-shouldered Hawk

Buteo lineatus

Seen 2026-09-27

tree-of-heaven

Ailanthus altissima

Seen 2026-09-22

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

Seen 2026-09-22

Pacific Gopher Snake

Pituophis catenifer catenifer

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).