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About Ridgecrest
City in California, United StatesRidgecrest is a city in Kern County, California, United States, along U.S. Route 395 in the Indian Wells Valley in northeastern Kern County, adjacent to the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWS, or China Lake). It was incorporated as a city in 1963. The population was 27,959 at the 2020 census, up slightly from 27,616 at the 2010 census, making it the third-largest city in Kern County. Ridgecrest is surrounded by four mountain ranges; the Sierra Nevada on the west, the Coso Range on the north, the Argus Range on the east, and the El Paso Mountains on the south. The most isolated community in Kern county, it is approximately 82 miles (132 km) from the Lancaster/Palmdale area, 110 miles…
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Housing in Ridgecrest
The typical Ridgecrest home is worth about $268,000, down 1.7% in a year, 65% below the California typical home.
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Safety in Ridgecrest
Safety Grade C-
Ridgecrest reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 76% report less.
Schools in Ridgecrest
All Ridgecrest schools →School Grade C+
The public schools Ridgecrest’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 57% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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