Bay Pines vs Ridgecrest

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

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

Ridgecrest has the higher population (3,288 vs 2,700 in Bay Pines). Bay Pines has the higher median household income ($67,012 vs $50,383 in Ridgecrest). Ridgecrest has the higher median home value ($301,700 vs $248,400 in Bay Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Pines	Ridgecrest
Population	2,700	3,288
Median age	62.6 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,012	$50,383
Median home value	$248,400	$301,700
Median gross rent	$1,219	$1,186
Housing units	1,576	1,248
Homeownership rate	91.0%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Pines	Ridgecrest
Population	3,238 → 2,700 (-16.6%)	3,602 → 3,288 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$55,741 → $67,012 (+20.2%)	$35,043 → $50,383 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$201,800 → $248,400 (+23.1%)	$164,600 → $301,700 (+83.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,178 → $1,219 (+3.5%)	$780 → $1,186 (+52.1%)

Bay Pines

Population

3,2382,700

Median household income

$55,741$67,012

Median home value

$201,800$248,400

Median gross rent

$1,178$1,219

Ridgecrest

Population

3,6023,288

Median household income

$35,043$50,383

Median home value

$164,600$301,700

Median gross rent

$780$1,186

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Pines	Ridgecrest
Under 5	0.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	5.2%	21.1%
18 to 24	3.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	5.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	6.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	18.3%	7.1%
55 to 64	20.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	20.6%	12.3%
75 and over	19.7%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Pines	Ridgecrest
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	18.8%
Black or African American	3.4%	59.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	13.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Pines	Ridgecrest
No high school diploma	1.8%	12.7%
High school graduate	24.4%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Pines	Ridgecrest
Drove alone	74.7%	87.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Pines	Ridgecrest
1-unit, detached	61.9%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	22.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Bay Pines	Ridgecrest
Poverty rate	12.0%	21.8%
Average household size	1.95	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1970	1979