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Ridgecrest, CA

28,225 Population
20.9 square miles 1,353 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 32.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,606 ±$2,926 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $29,699 ±$507
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$89,250 ±$8,191 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $70,210 ±$1,287
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

12.5% ±2.7% (3,503  ±763) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

16.9 minutes ±1.4 (186,895  ±21,317) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

11,303 ±500 Number of households
  • the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 284,931 ±1,239
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.5 ±0.1 (27,949  ±64) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 3.1 889,475 (±0 / ±770)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

4.6% ±1.9% (301  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 6.2% 13,618 (±0.5% / ±1,093)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

12,155 ±494 Number of housing units
  • the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 306,999 ±246
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$253,900 ±$10,248 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $338,300 ±$2,944
  • about one-third of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

13.4% ±2.5% (3,754  ±707.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

92.1% ±4.9% (16,994  ±1,064.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 77% 433,910 (±0.9% / ±5,296.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
30.9% ±3.2% (5,702  ±621.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 18.8% 105,790 (±0.5% / ±2,614.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

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

7.7% ±1.6% (2,171  ±455) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 20.2% 185,151
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

15% ±2.3% (2,994  ±462) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 4.9% 31,813 (±0.2% / ±1,350)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
2,994 Total veterans ±462 2,672 Male ±435 322 Female ±138

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