Ferriday vs Ridgecrest

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

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

Ferriday has the higher population (3,126 vs 718 in Ridgecrest). Ridgecrest has the higher median household income ($41,750 vs $27,167 in Ferriday). Ferriday has the higher median home value ($86,600 vs $57,500 in Ridgecrest).

Population, income & housing

	Ferriday	Ridgecrest
Population	3,126	718
Median age	31.0 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$27,167	$41,750
Median home value	$86,600	$57,500
Median gross rent	$786	$948
Housing units	1,590	284
Homeownership rate	61.2%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	23.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferriday	Ridgecrest
Population	3,312 → 3,126 (-5.6%)	847 → 718 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$24,867 → $27,167 (+9.2%)	$22,353 → $41,750 (+86.8%)
Median home value	$48,100 → $86,600 (+80.0%)	$46,900 → $57,500 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $786 (+27.0%)	$492 → $948 (+92.7%)

Ferriday

Population

3,3123,126

Median household income

$24,867$27,167

Median home value

$48,100$86,600

Median gross rent

$619$786

Ridgecrest

Population

847718

Median household income

$22,353$41,750

Median home value

$46,900$57,500

Median gross rent

$492$948

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferriday	Ridgecrest
Under 5	7.6%	13.9%
5 to 17	26.7%	7.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	24.1%
25 to 34	16.4%	17.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	9.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	2.6%
75 and over	1.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferriday	Ridgecrest
White (non-Hispanic)	27.0%	42.1%
Black or African American	72.5%	39.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	15.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferriday	Ridgecrest
No high school diploma	22.9%	18.8%
High school graduate	39.4%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferriday	Ridgecrest
Drove alone	87.8%	93.2%
Carpooled	0.7%	0.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferriday	Ridgecrest
1-unit, detached	78.7%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Ferriday	Ridgecrest
Poverty rate	59.9%	21.7%
Average household size	2.97	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1966	1967