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Ridgecrest Heights, CA

370 Population
0.6 square miles 612.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.4 ±33.1 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 32.7 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,700 ±$8,843 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $29,699 ±$507
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,130 ±$45,436 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $70,210 ±$1,287
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.2% ±13.8% (45  ±57) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.8 minutes ±14.7 (1,810  ±1,253) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)
  • about half the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

124 ±63 Number of households
  • the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 284,931 ±1,239
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.7 (370  ±209) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 3.1 889,475 (±0 / ±770)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

175 ±99 Number of housing units
  • the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 306,999 ±246
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$164,300 ±$144,936 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $338,300 ±$2,944
  • about one-fifth of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

96.6% ±78.3% (227  ±113.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 77% 433,910 (±0.9% / ±5,296.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.8% ±19.5% (30  ±49.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 18.8% 105,790 (±0.5% / ±2,614.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

23.4% ±19.6% (65  ±67) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 4.9% 31,813 (±0.2% / ±1,350)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
65 Total veterans ±67 48 Male ±45 17 Female ±29

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