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Development fees for a new home in Bakersfield

$47,890

One-time fees on a typical new single-family home: 2,000 sq ft, 0.13 acre lot, three bedrooms, in a new subdivision.

Plan area: outside any plan area

Source: Development Fee Index, via DevFeeFinder · as of 25 Sep 2026 · Methodology

CountyKern
Plan areaoutside any plan area
Home2,000 sq ft · 0.13 acre
Figures as of25 Sep 2026

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Fees by category click a slice

Transportation — $12,870 Water — $953 Parks — $3,278 Sewer — $19,992 Schools — $10,340 Drainage & flood — $252 Other — $205
$47,890
9 fees
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Every fee, and when it is due

FeeCategoryHow it’s chargedDueAmount
Transportation Impact FeeNon-Core AreaTransportationper homeBuilding permit$12,870
Planned Sewer Area (PSA) fees by districtunverifiedHooper & Kimberly AveSewerper equivalent dwelling unitMap approval$12,708
Sewer FeeSewerper homeService connection$7,284
School Facilities Fee (Level 1) - Bakersfield City SDSchools$3.36 per sq ftNot yet recorded$6,720
School Facilities Fee (Level 1) - Kern High School DistrictKern HSDSchools$1.81 per sq ftNot yet recorded$3,620
Park Development Impact FeeParksper homeBuilding permit$3,278
Domestic Water Availability FeeunverifiedWater$7,334 per acreMap approval$953
Planned Drainage Area (PDA) feesOrangewoodDrainage & flood$1,935 per acreMap approval$252
General Plan Maintenance FeeOtherper homeBuilding permit$205
Development fees per home · 2,000 sq ft, 0.13 acre lot$47,890

Each line is the one rate this home pays. Most fees publish several rates — by house size, lot, or location — and only one applies. Click a fee for its full schedule and source documents.

Published rates that could not be converted

These are real charges. They are left out of the figure because they cannot be worked out per house without knowing something this site does not assume — a percentage of another fee, a per-room count, a per-application charge.

Air Impact Assessment (AIA) application feeper applicationrate only
Conditions of Approval / Compliance Feeper permitrate only
ISR off-site mitigation administrative feepercentrate only
Rule 9510 ISR off-site mitigation fee - NOxper ton NOx mitigatedrate only
Rule 9510 ISR off-site mitigation fee - PM10per ton PM10 mitigatedrate only

Charges that are not part of the one-time total above: fees set as a percentage of another fee, and payments a builder can make instead of building something. Neither is added to the headline figure, because neither is a fixed amount every new home owes.

Percentage surcharges

Administration charges set as a percentage of other fees. Shown as a rate, because what they come to depends on the project.

ISR off-site mitigation administrative feeof ISR off-site mitigation fee — about $1,916 on this figure4%

Housing and in-lieu options

No housing or inclusionary charge is recorded for Bakersfield.

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