Feather Sound vs Ridgecrest

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

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

Feather Sound has the higher population (3,309 vs 3,288 in Ridgecrest). Feather Sound has the higher median household income ($100,070 vs $50,383 in Ridgecrest). Feather Sound has the higher median home value ($408,100 vs $301,700 in Ridgecrest).

Population, income & housing

	Feather Sound	Ridgecrest
Population	3,309	3,288
Median age	48.3 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,070	$50,383
Median home value	$408,100	$301,700
Median gross rent	$1,717	$1,186
Housing units	2,012	1,248
Homeownership rate	71.5%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.1%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Feather Sound	Ridgecrest
Population	3,671 → 3,309 (-9.9%)	3,602 → 3,288 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$78,654 → $100,070 (+27.2%)	$35,043 → $50,383 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$313,000 → $408,100 (+30.4%)	$164,600 → $301,700 (+83.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,347 → $1,717 (+27.5%)	$780 → $1,186 (+52.1%)

Feather Sound

Population

3,6713,309

Median household income

$78,654$100,070

Median home value

$313,000$408,100

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,717

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)

	Feather Sound	Ridgecrest
Under 5	4.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	10.0%	21.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	7.1%
55 to 64	18.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.3%
75 and over	10.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Feather Sound	Ridgecrest
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	18.8%
Black or African American	6.6%	59.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	13.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Feather Sound	Ridgecrest
No high school diploma	0.9%	12.7%
High school graduate	9.7%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	40.1%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Feather Sound	Ridgecrest
Drove alone	66.9%	87.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.9%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Feather Sound	Ridgecrest
1-unit, detached	26.1%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	20.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	27.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Feather Sound	Ridgecrest
Poverty rate	6.5%	21.8%
Average household size	1.97	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1985	1979