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Census Tract 54.06, Kern, CA

4,023 Population
1.3 square miles 3,200.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ridgecrest: 33.4 ±1.5
  • about the same as the figure in Kern County: 32.7 ±0.1

Economics

$47,408 ±$5,777 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ridgecrest: $41,606 ±$2,926
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kern County: $29,699 ±$507
$116,587 ±$12,786 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ridgecrest: $89,250 ±$8,191
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kern County: $70,210 ±$1,287

11.2% ±7.8% (443  ±314) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ridgecrest: 12.5% † 3,503 (±2.7% / ±763)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kern County: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)

21.7 minutes ±2.9 (26,205  ±8,351) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Ridgecrest: 16.9 186,895 (±1.4 / ±21,317)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kern County: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)

Families

1,491 ±203 Number of households
  • Ridgecrest: 11,303 ±500
  • Kern County: 284,931 ±1,239
2.7 ±0.1 (3,966  ±570) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ridgecrest: 2.5 27,949 (±0.1 / ±64)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kern County: 3.1 889,475 (±0 / ±770)

3.6% ±5.7% (28  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ridgecrest: 4.6% † 301 (±1.9% / ±126)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kern County: 6.2% 13,618 (±0.5% / ±1,093)

Housing

1,525 ±199 Number of housing units
  • Ridgecrest: 12,155 ±494
  • Kern County: 306,999 ±246

$298,000 ±$34,742 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ridgecrest: $253,900 ±$10,248
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kern County: $338,300 ±$2,944

13.3% ±6.8% (531  ±282.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Ridgecrest: 13.4% † 3,754 (±2.5% / ±707.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kern County: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)

Social

94.1% ±5.9% (2,401  ±352.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
48.8% ±8.5% (1,245  ±271.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ridgecrest: 30.9% † 5,702 (±3.2% / ±621.9)
  • more than 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

13.8% ±6.1% (555  ±256) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ridgecrest: 7.7% † 2,171 (±1.6% / ±455)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kern County: 20.2% 185,151

15.5% ±4.1% (427  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than 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)
427 Total veterans ±125 400 Male ±122 27 Female ±34

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