Delano vs Ridgecrest

A side-by-side comparison of Delano and Ridgecrest: population, income, housing, and more.

Delano and Ridgecrest are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Delano has the higher population (50,835 vs 28,138 in Ridgecrest). Ridgecrest has the higher median household income ($88,107 vs $61,817 in Delano). Delano has the higher median home value ($270,300 vs $235,800 in Ridgecrest).

Population, income & housing

	Delano	Ridgecrest
Population	50,835	28,138
Median age	33.5 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,817	$88,107
Median home value	$270,300	$235,800
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,178
Housing units	12,388	11,920
Homeownership rate	62.1%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delano	Ridgecrest
Population	52,886 → 50,835 (-3.9%)	28,755 → 28,138 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$43,641 → $61,817 (+41.6%)	$69,577 → $88,107 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$182,900 → $270,300 (+47.8%)	$180,300 → $235,800 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $1,111 (+23.0%)	$879 → $1,178 (+34.0%)

Delano

Population

52,88650,835

Median household income

$43,641$61,817

Median home value

$182,900$270,300

Median gross rent

$903$1,111

Ridgecrest

Population

28,75528,138

Median household income

$69,577$88,107

Median home value

$180,300$235,800

Median gross rent

$879$1,178

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delano	Ridgecrest
Under 5	6.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	19.3%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	16.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.7%
75 and over	3.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delano	Ridgecrest
White (non-Hispanic)	5.4%	64.3%
Black or African American	3.9%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	13.7%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.6%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	76.0%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delano	Ridgecrest
No high school diploma	36.9%	8.2%
High school graduate	32.3%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delano	Ridgecrest
Drove alone	73.1%	75.5%
Carpooled	23.1%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.2%
Worked from home	2.5%	9.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delano	Ridgecrest
1-unit, detached	74.1%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	3.5%
20 or more units	4.7%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Delano	Ridgecrest
Poverty rate	15.9%	11.7%
Average household size	3.74	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1987	1981