Ridgecrest vs Vidalia

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

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

Vidalia has the higher population (3,938 vs 718 in Ridgecrest). Vidalia has the higher median household income ($45,958 vs $41,750 in Ridgecrest). Vidalia has the higher median home value ($141,300 vs $57,500 in Ridgecrest).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgecrest	Vidalia
Population	718	3,938
Median age	26.4 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	$45,958
Median home value	$57,500	$141,300
Median gross rent	$948	$1,106
Housing units	284	2,034
Homeownership rate	60.6%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgecrest	Vidalia
Population	847 → 718 (-15.2%)	3,968 → 3,938 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$22,353 → $41,750 (+86.8%)	$38,140 → $45,958 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$46,900 → $57,500 (+22.6%)	$101,500 → $141,300 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $948 (+92.7%)	$1,063 → $1,106 (+4.0%)

Ridgecrest

Population

847718

Median household income

$22,353$41,750

Median home value

$46,900$57,500

Median gross rent

$492$948

Vidalia

Population

3,9683,938

Median household income

$38,140$45,958

Median home value

$101,500$141,300

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgecrest	Vidalia
Under 5	13.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	7.9%	19.9%
18 to 24	24.1%	4.6%
25 to 34	17.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	2.6%	13.5%
75 and over	4.2%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgecrest	Vidalia
White (non-Hispanic)	42.1%	76.7%
Black or African American	39.1%	21.5%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgecrest	Vidalia
No high school diploma	18.8%	11.4%
High school graduate	47.7%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgecrest	Vidalia
Drove alone	93.2%	91.5%
Carpooled	0.5%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgecrest	Vidalia
1-unit, detached	96.8%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Ridgecrest	Vidalia
Poverty rate	21.7%	22.1%
Average household size	3.18	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1967	1966