Custom Merch for Restaurants and Bars in Bakersfield, CA
Merch Mob makes kitchen shirts, front-of-house uniforms, and staff hats for restaurants and bars in Bakersfield, CA, at its shop in Montclair, CA, and ships them to Bakersfield. With 25% of residents aged 18 to 34, a shade above the US 23% (Census ACS, 2020-2024), Bakersfield has a mixed crowd, so pair a playful retail tee with a classic cap.
Bakersfield by the numbers
Bakersfield has 422,165 residents, up 4.4% since 2020 (Census estimates).
Kern County has 450 full-service restaurants with paid employees (Census County Business Patterns, 2023). That is 4.9 for every 10,000 residents, below the national figure of 7.6. 43% of them employ fewer than 10 people; the rest are larger operations. The count is about where it was in 2018 (431).
It also has 57 bars and other drinking places with paid employees. That is 0.61 for every 10,000 residents, below the national figure of 1.19. 63% of them employ fewer than 10 people. The count is about where it was in 2018 (59).
Kern County as a whole has 927,068 residents, up 2% since 2020. Kern County has one full-service restaurant for every 2,060 residents.
- Population, 2025
- 422,165
- Since 2020
- +4.4%
- County
- Kern County
- Full-service restaurants in Kern County, 2023
- 450
- Per 10,000 county residents
- 4.9 (US 7.6)
- Bars and other drinking places in Kern County, 2023
- 57
- Per 10,000 county residents
- 0.61 (US 1.19)
- Time zone
- Pacific
- Median age
- 32.1 (US 38.9)
- Residents aged 18 to 34
- 25% (US 23%)
- Warmest month, average high
- July, 98°F
- Coldest month, average low
- December, 40°F
- Days at 90°F or hotter, a year
- 112
- Nights at 32°F or colder, a year
- 10
- Rain, a year
- 6.4 in
- USPS zone from the shop
- 2
Weather: Bakersfield Airport station, 6 mi from Bakersfield's center (NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals). People: Census ACS 2020-2024. Counts: CBP 2023, by county, paid-employee establishments. Population: Census, July 2025.
What Bakersfield's weather means for restaurants and bars
An average high of 98°F in July makes summer hard work on the line and the patio alike, so outfit servers in moisture-wicking polos and cooks in thin, quick-drying tees. December to February brings average highs under 65°F, the stretch when a long-sleeve staff tee and a logo hoodie earn their place, both behind the bar and at the register. A December average low of about 40°F makes a long-sleeve staff tee useful for early prep and late close, even in a city where the afternoon calls for short sleeves. Triple-digit afternoons arrive on roughly 35 days a year, so outfit patio servers in performance polos and cooks in thin poly-cotton tees, and keep spares on hand. With only about 6.4 inches of rain a year, the patio rarely closes for weather, and caps take a beating from sun and sweat, so reorder them more often than tees.
| Month in Bakersfield | Average high | Average low | Rain (in) | What staff and regulars wear |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F | 41°F | 1.2 | Staff hoodies and retail fleece |
| February | 64°F | 43°F | 1.2 | Staff hoodies and retail fleece |
| March | 70°F | 47°F | 1.2 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| April | 76°F | 51°F | 0.6 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| May | 84°F | 58°F | 0.3 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| June | 92°F | 65°F | 0.1 | Light blended staff tees and caps |
| July | 98°F | 71°F | 0 | Light blended staff tees and caps |
| August | 97°F | 70°F | 0 | Light blended staff tees and caps |
| September | 91°F | 65°F | 0.1 | Light blended staff tees and caps |
| October | 80°F | 55°F | 0.3 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| November | 67°F | 45°F | 0.5 | Long sleeves for patio shifts |
| December | 59°F | 40°F | 1.1 | Staff hoodies and retail fleece |
Made in So Cal, shipped to Bakersfield.
Orders ship to Bakersfield from the shop; there is no office or pickup point in California.
Bakersfield is about 117 miles from Merch Mob's shop in Montclair, CA, a straight-line distance. From the shop's ZIP code, Bakersfield is USPS zone 2. Bakersfield shares the shop's Pacific time zone.
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When do patio staff in Bakersfield need a warmer layer?
Not until December: highs average under 65°F only from then through February, so a light hoodie covers that stretch, and with summer heat lasting far longer, most of the staff budget belongs to breathable tees.
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