Arvin is a city in Kern County, California, United States. Arvin is located 15 miles southeast of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 449 feet. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,304, up from 12,956 at the 2000 census. In 2007, the United States Environmental Protection Agency listed Arvin as having the highest levels of smog of any community in the United States.