Caregiver Jobs in Bodfish, CA
Bodfish is a small, older community in unincorporated Kern County without a clinic or residential care facility, which makes almost every paid job here a home visit. Listings above refresh as Kern River Valley families add them.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Bodfish
Bodfish has never incorporated; the Census Bureau tracks it as a census-designated place, and Kern County supplies its public services. ACS 2020–2024 estimates 1,694 residents (±636) in 791 households. A third of the population (559 people, 33.0%) is 65 or older, 65 of them 85 or older, and 47.3% of households include someone over 65. The median age is 56.3, though with a margin of ±25.5 years that number is soft. What is firm is the direction: this is a retirement-age community, and the work a caregiver finds here is almost all private, in-home help.
Neither the CDPH health facility list nor the CDSS care licensing files show any hospital, clinic, nursing home, hospice office, elder care home or licensed agency anywhere in ZIP 93205. The employers of aides are in Lake Isabella and the Mountain Mesa side of 93240. Starting from the Census Bureau's internal point for the CDP, OSRM's road routing gives 7.2 miles to the valley senior center, the Cerro Coso office about 7.4 miles, and the Kern Valley Healthcare District campus on Laurel Avenue about 13.9 miles. A car is close to essential: the Route 150, 220 and 227 timetables we read show no stop in Bodfish.
Put 93205 in your profile and set a travel radius that covers Lake Isabella as well, since families there may also be glad of someone who lives close by. Mention if you are comfortable with older clients who live alone, and whether you can do a weekly shop. See our guide to finding private caregiver jobs.
Families looking for private caregivers near Bodfish, CA
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No family within 50 miles has an open posting today. Nearest current postings: Los Angeles, CA, about 106 miles away. A profile created now is visible to Kern County families as soon as they join, and they can send you a direct request.
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Types of caregiver jobs in Bodfish
Most Bodfish requests are for an older person still living at home: help getting washed and dressed, cooking, cleaning, laundry, reminders to take medicines, and driving to appointments and the shops. Of residents 65 or older, 32.4% report a disability in ACS. Veterans make up 13.8% of civilian adults, a higher share than in Lake Isabella, so some clients may have VA care to coordinate. Companion visits and errands are reasonable first jobs; if you want facility hours as well, the healthcare district hires CNAs and an untrained Patient/Resident Monitor for its nursing unit.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Bodfish: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Bakersfield–Delano, CA metro (Kern County); private rates on CaregiverConnect are agreed between each caregiver and family and are not tracked by any agency.
| Measure | Hourly | Source and coverage |
|---|---|---|
| Home health and personal care aides, Bakersfield–Delano, CA metro (Kern County) | $16.50 median ($16.92 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 17,270 jobs; concentration 1.84× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Kern County | $17.90 | CDSS; effective July 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
Who is the employer. A family that hires you directly is your employer under California's Domestic Worker Bill of Rights. The state minimum wage ($16.90 an hour from 1 January 2026; some cities set more, for example $17.75 in the City of San Diego) is the legal floor, and a personal attendant earns overtime at 1.5× after 9 hours in a day or 45 in a week. The main exceptions are IHSS recipients and an employer's own parent, spouse or child. Source: California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ.
Kern County projection: 14,340 aide jobs in 2023 to 19,940 in 2033 (+39.1%), about 30,570 openings over the decade including replacements (California EDD, 2023–2033 projections). Openings are not the same as net new jobs.
About 17.4% of Bodfish's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates, ranging month to month between 16.4% and 18.9%. For those twelve months Kern County's average was 8.7%, and the statewide figure 5.3%. Read the Bodfish number loosely: EDD models places this small from county totals, and here the base is a labor force near 800. ACS, measured differently, gives 17.3% with a margin of ±11.5 points. With few local employers, a regular IHSS client nearby is real income: Kern's provider wage has been $17.90 since July 1, 2026 (details in our Kern County IHSS guide). No local ordinance raises the wage in unincorporated Kern on the UC Berkeley Labor Center's list, so private clients owe at least the statewide $16.90. Half of Bodfish households (51.1%) receive Social Security and the ACS median household income is $39,863, against $70,210 county-wide, so private budgets will be modest. Build mileage into any rate you quote.
How to enroll as a provider in Kern County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Kern County guide. IHSS wages for every county we cover, with effective dates, are in the IHSS pay by county guide.
How the public numbers relate to private rates, and what affects them, is covered in the caregiver pay guide.
Caregiver requirements in California, applied to Bodfish
Bodfish households can hire you for non-medical help with no license involved. An agency job adds one step, because state rules require licensed home care organizations to enroll their aides on the CDSS Home Care Aide Registry (optional for independents). Facility jobs at the healthcare district need a California CNA certificate for hands-on nursing-unit care, while the monitor post needs only a diploma (or equivalent) plus BLS certification after hiring. For IHSS, the county Public Authority is in Bakersfield, roughly 50 road miles from Bodfish by OSRM; the county runs the provider registry and screening there. If you suspect an older client is being harmed, the law requires you to report it to Kern APS, (800) 277-7866. See the requirements guide for the full rules.
Training and career resources near Bodfish
The nearest places to train, find shifts or arrange rides from Bodfish, checked in October 2026.
- Cerro Coso Community College, Kern River Valley officeCerro Coso's Kern River Valley office (6504 Lake Isabella Boulevard; phone 760-384-6395), about 7.4 road miles from Bodfish, takes CNA applications through counseling and lends laptops and hotspots to enrolled students. Its page names Lake Isabella, Kernville, Wofford Heights and Weldon as the communities served; it is the college's only Kern River Valley site on its locations page.
- Cerro Coso CNA course requirementsA background check comes first and the state Nurse Assistant Competency Exam last. Ridgecrest is the only site for the follow-on home health aide class, which needs a current CNA certificate.
- Kern Valley Healthcare District careersOpenings at the 6412 Laurel Avenue campus include a full-time skilled nursing CNA (10% weekend premium), a temporary Patient/Resident Monitor working up to three 12-hour shifts a week, and a part-time Activities Assistant. Main line (760) 379-2681.
- Kern River Valley Dial-A-RideThe only public transit that names Bodfish in its zone. It runs from 5:10 in the morning on weekdays and 7:45 on Saturdays, finishing at 6:30 p.m., for a $2 fare ($1 reduced). Every trip must be reserved on 1-800-323-2396; drivers may come at any point within a half-hour window, and missed pickups lead to suspensions.
- Kern County IHSS Public AuthorityHandles the county's IHSS provider registry, referrals and screening from Truxtun Avenue in Bakersfield; phone (661) 868-0987. The county counts about 4,300 individual providers serving more than 4,800 IHSS consumers, represented by United Domestic Workers of America.
Bodfish in numbers
Nearly half of Bodfish's 1,038 housing units are mobile homes (502, or 48.4%), and 23.8% are vacant. Owners live in 65.2% of occupied homes, typically worth $145,800 at the median; renters pay a median of $974. ACS puts 31.5% of residents below the poverty line, with a very wide margin (±22.0 points), but only 8.4% of people 65 and older. Retirement income reaches 23.6% of households, and 76.0% of residents have public health coverage. Almost all residents speak English at home; 2.3% speak Spanish and 5.7% are Hispanic or Latino. Among workers, 55.8% drive alone and the mean commute is 19.8 minutes. Some 15.3% of households (about one in seven) lack a car, so expect driving to be part of the work.
For more valley work, see Lake Isabella, where the clinic, hospital and senior center are, and Wofford Heights. For everywhere else in Kern, start from the county page.
How to find private caregiver jobs in Bodfish (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Bodfish
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Bodfish is part of Kern County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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Useful reading
How to become a caregiver in California: requirements, HCA registry, IHSS and CNA explained · How much do caregivers make in California and Arizona? BLS, IHSS and minimum wage (2026) · Private caregiver jobs near you: how to find them without an agency · Caregiver interview preparation: questions families ask and how to answer them
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 data profiles DP02–DP05, Bodfish CDP (GEOID 0607274)
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 DP03, Kern County (median household income)
- U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb place record for Bodfish CDP (internal point)
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing facility files (file date May 25, 2025)
- Kern Valley Healthcare District, careers
- Cerro Coso Community College, Kern River Valley / Lake Isabella office
- Cerro Coso Community College, locations
- Cerro Coso Community College, Allied Health (CNA, HHA)
- Kern Transit, Kern River Valley Dial-A-Ride (archived May 14, 2025)
- Kern Transit, Route 220 Kernville–Lake Isabella (archived March 8, 2026)
- Kern Transit, Route 227 Lake Isabella–Ridgecrest (archived September 10, 2025)
- Kern Transit, Route 150 Lake Isabella–Bakersfield (archived February 13, 2026)
- Kern County, IHSS Public Authority (archived June 8, 2026)
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county (IP Effective 10-1-2026 sheet)
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Bakersfield-Delano, CA (31-1120)
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (modified September 30, 2026)
- OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap (road distances)
Caregiver jobs in Bodfish: frequently asked questions
Are there caregiver employers in Bodfish itself?
Not in the state files: no clinic, nursing home, care home, hospice or agency is licensed at a 93205 address. Shift work is at the healthcare district's campus on Laurel Avenue, about 14 road miles away, and private work comes from families who post.
Why is the Bodfish unemployment rate so much higher than Kern County's?
It may not be as high as it looks. EDD's 17.4% average comes from a small-area model applied to a labor force of about 800, built from county totals, and the ACS margin of error is ±11.5 points. Kern County's own figure for the same months is 8.7%.
Can I get from Bodfish to a CNA class without a car?
Only by reserving Kern River Valley Dial-A-Ride, which serves Bodfish on weekdays and Saturdays. Book the trip to the Cerro Coso office on Lake Isabella Boulevard ahead of time on 1-800-323-2396 and be ready for the 30-minute pickup window.
Who picks the IHSS provider for a Bodfish resident?
The resident does. Kern County's Public Authority page says the client hires, and is the employer of, the individual provider; the county authorizes the hours. Once chosen, you complete the county's provider screening in Bakersfield, and Kern pays $17.90 hourly under the July 2026 rate.
Where do Bodfish families post for help?
On the Bodfish family page, which puts caregivers closest to 93205 at the top.
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