An independent guide to patio covers in Bakersfield and Kern CountyCosts · Permits · Title 24 · 22 communities
Home / Costs / Patio Cover

Patio Cover Cost Calculator for Bakersfield, CA

Set the size and compare the four roof types side by side. Above 3,500 feet Kern County adds a ground snow load, which is shown as its own line rather than buried in the rate.

$22 to $68 per sq ftPermit shown unpriced
Covered patio running along the rear elevation of a single-storey houseAttached patio cover
Reading the number

What the breakdown is telling you

The first line is the structure itself, priced per sq ft against the published band on the cost page. Everything below it is optional and priced separately, so you can see what each decision actually adds rather than watching a single total move.

The last line is the permit, and it carries no figure. That is deliberate. The department that sets it is named in the panel above the breakdown, and asking them takes one phone call.

The design basis does not change with the options: 10 psf live load and an 85 mph design wind from the City of Bakersfield patio cover handout, and a ground snow load above 3,500 feet under Kern County Code of Building Regulations 17.06.140.

Check what applies before you budget

Jurisdiction, the 120 square foot exemption and the openness threshold decide more than any option on this calculator does.