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Census Tract 54.02, Kern, CA

5,256 Population
2 square miles 2,598.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Ridgecrest: 33.4 ±1.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kern County: 32.7 ±0.1

Economics

$54,483 ±$6,235 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ridgecrest: $41,606 ±$2,926
  • nearly double the amount in Kern County: $29,699 ±$507
$103,621 ±$22,738 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ridgecrest: $89,250 ±$8,191
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kern County: $70,210 ±$1,287

5% ±2.6% (264  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ridgecrest: 12.5% † 3,503 (±2.7% / ±763)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kern County: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)

14.2 minutes ±1 (34,205  ±7,299) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ridgecrest: 16.9 186,895 (±1.4 / ±21,317)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kern County: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)

Families

2,194 ±250 Number of households
  • Ridgecrest: 11,303 ±500
  • Kern County: 284,931 ±1,239
2.4 ±0.1 (5,256  ±647) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ridgecrest: 2.5 27,949 (±0.1 / ±64)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kern County: 3.1 889,475 (±0 / ±770)

1.8% ±2.1% (24  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ridgecrest: 4.6% † 301 (±1.9% / ±126)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kern County: 6.2% 13,618 (±0.5% / ±1,093)

Housing

2,344 ±242 Number of housing units
  • Ridgecrest: 12,155 ±494
  • Kern County: 306,999 ±246

$285,000 ±$22,652 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ridgecrest: $253,900 ±$10,248
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kern County: $338,300 ±$2,944

15.9% ±5.9% (837  ±326.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ridgecrest: 13.4% † 3,754 (±2.5% / ±707.8)
  • nearly double the rate in Kern County: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)

Social

95.6% ±3.1% (3,585  ±464.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ridgecrest: 92.1% 16,994 (±4.9% / ±1,064.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kern County: 77% 433,910 (±0.9% / ±5,296.6)
37.6% ±5.3% (1,410  ±265) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ridgecrest: 30.9% † 5,702 (±3.2% / ±621.9)
  • about double the rate in Kern County: 18.8% 105,790 (±0.5% / ±2,614.4)

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

4.9% ±3.2% (256  ±170) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ridgecrest: 7.7% † 2,171 (±1.6% / ±455)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kern County: 20.2% 185,151

13.5% ±4.2% (549  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ridgecrest: 15% † 2,994 (±2.3% / ±462)
  • more than double the rate in Kern County: 4.9% 31,813 (±0.2% / ±1,350)
549 Total veterans ±182 445 Male ±128 104 Female ±119

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