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Ridgecrest, CA

28,138 Population
20.9 square miles 1,348.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 32.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$40,173 ±$2,394 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $29,238 ±$519
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$88,107 ±$6,499 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $67,660 ±$1,400
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

11.7% ±2.3% (3,243  ±637) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 19.1% 168,825 (±0.8% / ±6,993)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

15.8 minutes ±1.1 (174,805  ±18,604) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 24.4 8,067,250 (±0.3 / ±147,877)
  • about half the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

10,948 ±461 Number of households
  • the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 281,416 ±1,216
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.6 ±0.1 (27,880  ±38) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 3.2 885,143 (±0 / ±258)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

3.4% ±1.5% (229  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 6.2% 13,518 (±0.4% / ±797)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

11,920 ±507 Number of housing units
  • the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 304,481 ±166
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$235,800 ±$7,066 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $310,600 ±$3,299
  • about one-third of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

14.5% ±2.6% (4,045  ±713.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 9.6% 86,455 (±0.5% / ±4,539)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

91.8% ±5% (16,890  ±1,098.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 77.1% 431,038 (±1% / ±5,486.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
31.7% ±3.2% (5,827  ±630.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 18.6% 103,791 (±0.5% / ±2,694.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7% ±1.8% (1,970  ±514) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 19.7% 179,758
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

15.3% ±2% (3,098  ±409) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 5.1% 32,696 (±0.2% / ±1,439)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
3,098 Total veterans ±409 2,714 Male ±377 384 Female ±174

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