Derby Acres vs Ridgecrest Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Derby Acres and Ridgecrest Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ridgecrest Heights has the higher population (355 vs 335 in Derby Acres). Ridgecrest Heights has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $45,893 in Derby Acres). Derby Acres has the higher median home value ($189,200 vs $104,400 in Ridgecrest Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Derby Acres	Ridgecrest Heights
Population	335	355
Median age	36.9 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,893	$55,000
Median home value	$189,200	$104,400
Median gross rent	$1,143	—
Housing units	141	205
Homeownership rate	82.3%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	21.7%	16.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derby Acres	Ridgecrest Heights
Population	386 → 335 (-13.2%)	193 → 355 (+83.9%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $45,893 (-5.0%)	$41,875 → $55,000 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$110,600 → $189,200 (+71.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,156 → $1,143 (-1.1%)	—

Derby Acres

Population

386335

Median household income

$48,333$45,893

Median home value

$110,600$189,200

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,143

Ridgecrest Heights

Population

193355

Median household income

$41,875$55,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derby Acres	Ridgecrest Heights
Under 5	2.7%	9.9%
5 to 17	29.3%	7.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	12.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	6.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	23.4%
75 and over	9.9%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derby Acres	Ridgecrest Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	69.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derby Acres	Ridgecrest Heights
No high school diploma	28.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.0%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derby Acres	Ridgecrest Heights
Drove alone	83.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	15.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derby Acres	Ridgecrest Heights
1-unit, detached	68.1%	47.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.9%	52.7%

Poverty & households

	Derby Acres	Ridgecrest Heights
Poverty rate	26.6%	9.9%
Average household size	2.96	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1970	1976