Ridgecrest is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 28,346 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Ridgecrest is the 267th largest community in California.

Also of interest is that Ridgecrest has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.54% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Ridgecrest spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.72 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

The education level of Ridgecrest citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.84% of adults in Ridgecrest have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Ridgecrest in 2022 was $39,623, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $158,492 for a family of four. However, Ridgecrest contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ridgecrest is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ridgecrest home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ridgecrest residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Ridgecrest also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.73% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ridgecrest include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Ridgecrest is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.