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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.54% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

One of the benefits of Ridgecrest is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.72 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

The overall 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, and the average American community has 21.84%.

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.