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Census Tract 54.05, Kern, CA

2,747 Population
0.8 square miles 3,527.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ridgecrest: 33.4 ±1.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kern County: 32.7 ±0.1

Economics

$26,222 ±$8,010 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ridgecrest: $41,606 ±$2,926
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kern County: $29,699 ±$507
$49,855 ±$17,879 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ridgecrest: $89,250 ±$8,191
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kern County: $70,210 ±$1,287

24.8% ±14.4% (682  ±421) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Ridgecrest: 12.5% † 3,503 (±2.7% / ±763)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kern County: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)

19.3 minutes ±8.4 (19,885  ±10,851) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ridgecrest: 16.9 186,895 (±1.4 / ±21,317)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kern County: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)

Families

1,180 ±202 Number of households
  • Ridgecrest: 11,303 ±500
  • Kern County: 284,931 ±1,239
2.3 ±0.3 (2,747  ±574) 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)

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

Housing

1,280 ±196 Number of housing units
  • Ridgecrest: 12,155 ±494
  • Kern County: 306,999 ±246

$179,800 ±$67,347 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ridgecrest: $253,900 ±$10,248
  • about half the amount in Kern County: $338,300 ±$2,944

4.5% ±3.3% (124  ±93.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Ridgecrest: 13.4% † 3,754 (±2.5% / ±707.8)
  • about half the rate in Kern County: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)

Social

85.7% ±11.9% (1,654  ±402.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ridgecrest: 92.1% 16,994 (±4.9% / ±1,064.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kern County: 77% 433,910 (±0.9% / ±5,296.6)
21.5% ±11% (416  ±227.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ridgecrest: 30.9% † 5,702 (±3.2% / ±621.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

7.5% ±4% (207  ±119) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Ridgecrest: 7.7% † 2,171 (±1.6% / ±455)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kern County: 20.2% 185,151

12.6% ±4.8% (256  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 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)
256 Total veterans ±111 240 Male ±112 16 Female ±25

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