East Niles is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California. As of the 2020 census, East Niles had a population of 28,390. The CDP is within the Bakersfield's census county division, and borders the city of Bakersfield to the north and the southwest, Bakersfield Country Club to the northwest, Hillcrest and Potomac Park to the west, and Fairfax to the south.
As listed in the Geographic Names Information System, its elevation is 576 feet.
Its population was 28,390 at the 2020 census, the first census it was included in.
East Niles first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.
As of the 2020 census, East Niles had a population of 28,390. The median age was 29.0 years. 33.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 9.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.5 males age 18 and over.
99.8% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.2% lived in rural areas.
There were 7,604 households in East Niles, of which 51.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 48.0% were married-couple households, 15.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 27.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 14.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
There were 7,908 housing units, of which 3.8% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.4% and the rental vacancy rate was 3.3%.