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Census Tract 54.09, Kern, CA

4,351 Population
1.2 square miles 3,699.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±2.3 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

$46,128 ±$6,292 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
$104,113 ±$19,506 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

10.7% ±6.6% (460  ±290) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 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)

16.8 minutes ±2.1 (31,730  ±7,967) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Ridgecrest: 16.9 186,895 (±1.4 / ±21,317)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kern County: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)

Families

1,860 ±269 Number of households
  • Ridgecrest: 11,303 ±500
  • Kern County: 284,931 ±1,239
2.3 ±0.4 (4,341  ±530) 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)

11.1% ±8.7% (87  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Ridgecrest: 4.6% † 301 (±1.9% / ±126)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kern County: 6.2% 13,618 (±0.5% / ±1,093)

Housing

2,097 ±265 Number of housing units
  • Ridgecrest: 12,155 ±494
  • Kern County: 306,999 ±246

$248,200 ±$17,949 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Ridgecrest: $253,900 ±$10,248
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kern County: $338,300 ±$2,944

8.1% ±3.9% (347  ±171.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ridgecrest: 13.4% † 3,754 (±2.5% / ±707.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kern County: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)

Social

96.6% ±8.9% (2,888  ±453.6) 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)
33.1% ±7.5% (991  ±257.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ridgecrest: 30.9% † 5,702 (±3.2% / ±621.9)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

10.7% ±4.6% (467  ±207) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ridgecrest: 7.7% † 2,171 (±1.6% / ±455)
  • about half the rate in Kern County: 20.2% 185,151

16.9% ±5.5% (552  ±193) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent 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)
552 Total veterans ±193 549 Male ±192 3 Female ±8

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