Indian Rocks Beach vs Ridgecrest

A side-by-side comparison of Indian Rocks Beach and Ridgecrest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Indian Rocks Beach has the higher population (3,667 vs 3,288 in Ridgecrest). Indian Rocks Beach has the higher median household income ($98,279 vs $50,383 in Ridgecrest). Indian Rocks Beach has the higher median home value ($707,700 vs $301,700 in Ridgecrest).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Rocks Beach	Ridgecrest
Population	3,667	3,288
Median age	58.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$98,279	$50,383
Median home value	$707,700	$301,700
Median gross rent	$1,723	$1,186
Housing units	3,319	1,248
Homeownership rate	74.9%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Rocks Beach	Ridgecrest
Population	4,243 → 3,667 (-13.6%)	3,602 → 3,288 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$71,532 → $98,279 (+37.4%)	$35,043 → $50,383 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$495,800 → $707,700 (+42.7%)	$164,600 → $301,700 (+83.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,232 → $1,723 (+39.9%)	$780 → $1,186 (+52.1%)

Indian Rocks Beach

Population

4,2433,667

Median household income

$71,532$98,279

Median home value

$495,800$707,700

Median gross rent

$1,232$1,723

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)

	Indian Rocks Beach	Ridgecrest
Under 5	1.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	5.3%	21.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	5.7%	14.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.9%	7.1%
55 to 64	22.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	21.8%	12.3%
75 and over	11.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Rocks Beach	Ridgecrest
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	18.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	59.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	13.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Rocks Beach	Ridgecrest
No high school diploma	3.0%	12.7%
High school graduate	15.5%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Rocks Beach	Ridgecrest
Drove alone	62.5%	87.4%
Carpooled	1.3%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.0%	7.5%
Other means	1.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Rocks Beach	Ridgecrest
1-unit, detached	28.3%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.5%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	24.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Indian Rocks Beach	Ridgecrest
Poverty rate	10.6%	21.8%
Average household size	1.93	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1980	1979