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Ridgecrest, CA Urban Area

29,367 Population
14.3 square miles 2,053.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,615 ±$2,863 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$87,763 ±$9,438 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.8% ±2.7% (3,721  ±790) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.9 minutes ±1.3 (194,610  ±21,111) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,946 ±544 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (29,091  ±488) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±1.9% (282  ±129) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,851 ±551 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$253,400 ±$10,239 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.9% ±2.4% (3,763  ±702.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±4.6% (18,005  ±1,109.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.6% ±3.1% (6,186  ±646.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent 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

7.9% ±1.6% (2,311  ±482) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.8% ±2.2% (3,128  ±473) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,128 Total veterans ±473 2,802 Male ±448 326 Female ±135

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