Ridgecrest vs Rosamond

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

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

Ridgecrest has the higher population (28,138 vs 20,835 in Rosamond). Ridgecrest has the higher median household income ($88,107 vs $77,773 in Rosamond). Rosamond has the higher median home value ($330,100 vs $235,800 in Ridgecrest).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgecrest	Rosamond
Population	28,138	20,835
Median age	34.8 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,107	$77,773
Median home value	$235,800	$330,100
Median gross rent	$1,178	$1,230
Housing units	11,920	7,179
Homeownership rate	59.7%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgecrest	Rosamond
Population	28,755 → 28,138 (-2.1%)	20,851 → 20,835 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$69,577 → $88,107 (+26.6%)	$61,807 → $77,773 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$180,300 → $235,800 (+30.8%)	$208,600 → $330,100 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,178 (+34.0%)	$949 → $1,230 (+29.6%)

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

Rosamond

Population

20,85120,835

Median household income

$61,807$77,773

Median home value

$208,600$330,100

Median gross rent

$949$1,230

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgecrest	Rosamond
Under 5	7.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	22.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	17.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.9%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.8%
75 and over	5.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgecrest	Rosamond
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	32.5%
Black or African American	4.4%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.6%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	43.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgecrest	Rosamond
No high school diploma	8.2%	14.3%
High school graduate	19.0%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgecrest	Rosamond
Drove alone	75.5%	80.1%
Carpooled	11.6%	9.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	7.4%
Other means	0.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgecrest	Rosamond
1-unit, detached	67.5%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Ridgecrest	Rosamond
Poverty rate	11.7%	17.4%
Average household size	2.55	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	16	31
Median year structure built	1981	1993