Home values, rents and more in Ridgecrest, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Ridgecrest compares
The typical home in Ridgecrest, CA is worth about $266,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Ridgecrest are 26% below the typical value in the Bakersfield metro area ($360,000) and 27% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Ridgecrest fell 1.4%, compared with 0.0% in the Bakersfield metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,274 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 30% below the Bakersfield metro area ($1,822) and 34% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $89,250, against $70,210 in the Bakersfield metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 28,225 people live in Ridgecrest (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Ridgecrest has the 15th-highest typical home value of the 29 cities in the Bakersfield metro area and the 68th-lowest of 886 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: Kern County, CA · Bakersfield metro area · California
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.