Ridgecrest vs Spokane

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

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

Ridgecrest has the higher population (718 vs 449 in Spokane). Spokane has the higher median household income ($101,641 vs $41,750 in Ridgecrest). Spokane has the higher median home value ($356,400 vs $57,500 in Ridgecrest).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgecrest	Spokane
Population	718	449
Median age	26.4 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	$101,641
Median home value	$57,500	$356,400
Median gross rent	$948	—
Housing units	284	309
Homeownership rate	60.6%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgecrest	Spokane
Population	847 → 718 (-15.2%)	360 → 449 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$22,353 → $41,750 (+86.8%)	$101,211 → $101,641 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$46,900 → $57,500 (+22.6%)	$296,200 → $356,400 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $948 (+92.7%)	—

Ridgecrest

Population

847718

Median household income

$22,353$41,750

Median home value

$46,900$57,500

Median gross rent

$492$948

Spokane

Population

360449

Median household income

$101,211$101,641

Median home value

$296,200$356,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgecrest	Spokane
Under 5	13.9%	0.9%
5 to 17	7.9%	9.1%
18 to 24	24.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	17.4%	8.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	7.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	19.8%
55 to 64	9.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	2.6%	28.1%
75 and over	4.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgecrest	Spokane
White (non-Hispanic)	42.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	39.1%	0.0%
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	15.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgecrest	Spokane
No high school diploma	18.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.7%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgecrest	Spokane
Drove alone	93.2%	76.9%
Carpooled	0.5%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgecrest	Spokane
1-unit, detached	96.8%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridgecrest	Spokane
Poverty rate	21.7%	1.6%
Average household size	3.18	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	22	44
Median year structure built	1967	1976