Is 93304 a buyer’s market or a seller’s market? Seller’s, 3.0 months

By Ryan Dobbs, Broker, Ryan Dobbs Realty

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What these numbers mean if you are selling is on the Bakersfield, California market report, and every Bakersfield ZIP code is compared on the Bakersfield ZIP code scoreboard.

Last updated October 28, 2026. Data: Golden Empire MLS, 90 days ending October 28, 2026.

How does 93304 compare to Bakersfield as a whole?

Bakersfield closed homes across the 90 days ending October 28, 2026, at a median of $412,000 and 99.1% of the original asking price, with 3.2 months of supply, meaning if no new listings came to market, it would take about three months to sell everything listed. Those city-wide figures are pulled upward by the higher-priced southwest areas, so they are not a useful benchmark for a seller in 93304.

The gap in achieved price ratio, roughly 2 percentage points below the city average, reflects that price mix difference, not a softer market in 93304. Supply here is actually tighter than city-wide. Our read is that a seller pricing from Bakersfield averages risks anchoring to a number their buyers are not comparing against. Use 93304 comparables. The table below puts the two markets side by side.

Table 1. 93304 (Bakersfield records only) compared with Bakersfield. Sales are from the 90 days ending October 28, 2026; homes for sale are as of October 28, 2026. “Failed to sell” means the listing expired or was withdrawn without selling. Source: Golden Empire MLS.

Among Bakersfield’s ZIP codes, where does 93304 stand?

As of October 28, 2026, 79 homes were listed for sale in 93304, with 29 pending. The table below shows how that compares across Bakersfield ZIPs.

The failed-to-sell rate was 34.5% over the last 90 days, up from 30.0% a year earlier. That rate is an upper bound: some cancelled or expired listings may have relisted, so the true share that permanently left the market without a sale is lower. Still, the direction matters. Price precisely from the start and your listing should not need a reduction.

Table 2. Bakersfield by ZIP code, counting only Bakersfield homes in each ZIP, 90 days ending October 28, 2026. Your price range can put you in a different market than the ZIP as a whole. Source: Golden Empire MLS.

How does this year compare to last year in 93304?

Closings in 93304 are down year over year in the comparable 90-day period, and sellers are achieving a smaller share of their original asking price than they were a year ago. The market remains a seller’s market by both measures, but the margin has narrowed.

Our read is that sellers who priced aggressively in 2025 had more room for error than those listing today. Precise pricing matters more than it did a year ago. The table below shows all four periods side by side.

Table 3. 93304 sales in each period. Each row stands on its own. Source: Golden Empire MLS.

Does your price range change the market you are selling into?

Yes, significantly. The ZIP-level seller’s market read describes the $300,000 to $349,999 range, which is 93304’s most active: 21 closings in the 90 days ending October 28, 2026, and 3.1 months of supply, a seller’s market by both measures.

The $250,000 to $299,999 range recorded 23 closings in that same period and 71 over 12 months, with tight supply. Despite that, the achieved-price ratio puts this range in balanced territory, not seller’s.

Table 4. 93304 homes by price range. Ranges are by original asking price. Sales are from the 90 days ending October 28, 2026; homes for sale are as of October 28, 2026. A range is a seller’s market when homes sell for at least 97% of their original asking price, balanced from 94% to 97%, and a buyer’s market below 94%. Ranges with no sales or listings in the last 90 days are omitted. A range with fewer than ten sales has its median and market marked as a small sample, with its number of closings; medians are not shown under five. Source: Golden Empire MLS.

The lower ranges ($50,000 to $99,999 through $200,000 to $249,999) each had too few closings to report a reliable supply figure in prose; the table carries the context. The $350,000 to $399,999 range had 12 closings in the 90-day period and 38 over 12 months, moving toward balanced.

The $400,000 to $449,999 range shows the starkest contrast: 6 closings in the 90-day period and 9 over 12 months, with homes closing well below the original asking price on both bases, consistent with a buyer’s market even inside a ZIP that reads seller’s overall.

Our read is that the ZIP-level figure is a starting point, not a pricing guide. A seller whose home would list near the boundary of two ranges should ask which range most of their comparable sales fall in, because the difference in what buyers will pay matters more than the ZIP average.

Do these numbers describe your home?

The ZIP-level figures describe the typical listing in 93304. A home that differs substantially from the median, whether significantly larger, smaller, older, or in notably better or worse condition, will draw a different buyer pool and should not be priced from ZIP averages alone. If that is you, the fastest way to know is to run your address.

Two clarifications worth raising with your agent: the 36-day speed figure counts from the original list date, including any time a home was listed, withdrawn, and relisted. The seller’s market read also means homes that sold cleared at or near their original asking price, not that every home sells or that buyers are skipping inspections and other contingencies.

No new-build closings were recorded in 93304 in the last 90 days, so the figures reflect resale transactions only.

Your situation

93304 closed 78 homes in the 90 days ending October 28, 2026, confirming an active market at these price levels. Request a personalized Seller Opportunity Analysis based on your home, its price range, and the competition it faces.

What does the supply picture tell a 93304 seller?

If I could check just a single number, it’s months of supply: if nothing new came on the market, how long would it take to sell everything listed at today’s pace? It tells you who has the leverage. But it describes the average listing, and a well-priced, well-marketed home doesn’t have to sell at the average pace.

At 3.0 months of supply, 93304 sits firmly in seller’s market territory, where leverage generally favors the seller, yet sellers are closing below the original asking price rather than above it, which tells us that precise pricing still matters more than the supply figure alone might suggest.

About Ryan Dobbs Realty in Bakersfield

Ryan Dobbs Realty is a brokerage that helps homeowners sell their homes. The figures on this page come from Golden Empire MLS data for 90 days ending October 28, 2026; each number’s query ID is in the page source.

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