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Ridgecrest, LA

1,007 Population
0.4 square miles 2,343.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.8 ±4 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 40.8 ±0.6
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,830 ±$4,042 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: $26,045 ±$1,506
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,910 ±$7,415 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: $42,104 ±$2,142
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.7% ±18% (156  ±186) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 29.4% 14,914 (±2.1% / ±1,049)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.1 minutes ±8.2 (6,890  ±4,257) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 22.2 396,245 (±1.7 / ±34,682)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

361 ±107 Number of households
  • the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 20,736 ±536
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.4 (1,007  ±329) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 2.5 50,848 (±0.1 / ±209)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.2% ±11% (33  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 8.1% † 896 (±2.9% / ±326)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

422 ±117 Number of housing units
  • the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 27,358 ±100
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$57,500 ±$19,704 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: $101,500 ±$5,753
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.9% ±11.8% (139  ±126.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 9.3% † 4,973 (±1.1% / ±609.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.3% ±38.1% (454  ±130.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 84.2% 31,344 (±3.4% / ±1,273.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.7% ±7.9% (41  ±44.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 18.6% 6,901 (±1.7% / ±649.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.1% ±0.3% (1  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 3.4% 1,850
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.5% ±2.3% (19  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 5.1% † 2,183 (±0.7% / ±280)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
19 Total veterans ±19 19 Male ±19 N/A Female ±14

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