Ford City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Ford City is located 1 mile (2 km) north of Taft, at an elevation of 892 feet (272 m). The population was 4,278 at the 2010 census, up from 3,512 at the 2000 census. It is immediately north of Taft, between the huge Midway-Sunset Oil Field to the southwest, and the almost exhausted Buena Vista Oil Field to the northeast.