Aromas vs Ridgemark

A side-by-side comparison of Aromas and Ridgemark: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ridgemark has the higher population (3,051 vs 2,846 in Aromas). Aromas has the higher median household income ($184,667 vs $127,117 in Ridgemark). Aromas has the higher median home value ($925,800 vs $820,900 in Ridgemark).

Population, income & housing

	Aromas	Ridgemark
Population	2,846	3,051
Median age	36.9 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$184,667	$127,117
Median home value	$925,800	$820,900
Median gross rent	$2,155	$3,255
Housing units	899	1,331
Homeownership rate	79.8%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.3%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aromas	Ridgemark
Population	2,479 → 2,846 (+14.8%)	2,872 → 3,051 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$109,413 → $184,667 (+68.8%)	$123,214 → $127,117 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$641,100 → $925,800 (+44.4%)	$622,500 → $820,900 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,594 → $2,155 (+35.2%)	$2,363 → $3,255 (+37.7%)

Aromas

Population

2,4792,846

Median household income

$109,413$184,667

Median home value

$641,100$925,800

Median gross rent

$1,594$2,155

Ridgemark

Population

2,8723,051

Median household income

$123,214$127,117

Median home value

$622,500$820,900

Median gross rent

$2,363$3,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aromas	Ridgemark
Under 5	6.1%	2.3%
5 to 17	13.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	6.9%
45 to 54	19.0%	15.8%
55 to 64	7.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	14.7%	10.9%
75 and over	4.3%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aromas	Ridgemark
White (non-Hispanic)	60.4%	57.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	32.5%	34.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aromas	Ridgemark
No high school diploma	7.6%	2.9%
High school graduate	14.4%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aromas	Ridgemark
Drove alone	71.4%	74.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.9%	21.7%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aromas	Ridgemark
1-unit, detached	90.9%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	25.7%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Aromas	Ridgemark
Poverty rate	3.8%	5.8%
Average household size	3.32	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	30	43
Median year structure built	1976	1985