Households in Ridgemark earn more than those in 91% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 4.6% of residents, against 12.0% across California. Jobs and income earn Ridgemark B+; getting around on foot earns it B−. For 25% of workers, the job is at home, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Ridgemark: the gist
Ridgemark workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Ridgemark and Hollister trade workers both ways
Hollister is the top workplace for Ridgemark residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Ridgemark come from (33% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Ridgemark is a place people come home to
There are 197 jobs based in Ridgemark, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ridgemark has about 2,300 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Ridgemark
25% of Ridgemark workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Ridgemark’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ridgemark is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #298 of 847 in California. Household income holds Ridgemark’s grade up ($129,744, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ridgemark could be anywhere from B− to A.
Commuting from Ridgemark: about 43 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ridgemark workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,137 commuters (the 25% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
22% of working residents work in Hollister
Where Ridgemark clocks in
22% of workers
7% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In and out of Ridgemark on a workday
On a workday 1,273 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Ridgemark on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.15 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
68% of the jobs in Ridgemark pay over $3,333 a month
197 jobs are based in Ridgemark.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ridgemark, 2013 → 2023: 246 → 197. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ridgemark’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Ridgemark
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Ridgemark is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ridgemark is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #713 of 847 in California. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,522 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Ridgemark households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Ridgemark’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ridgemark next to U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600: 1,272nd of 4,402 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,270 | Indian Head MD | 4,202 | $89K | 9.7% | 3.1% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,271 | Emerald Isle NC | 3,970 | $90K | 4.9% | 1.2% | 20% | B+ |
| 1,272 | Ridgemark CA | 3,403 | $130K | 4.6% | 4.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,273 | Santa Ynez CA | 4,467 | $111K | 13.0% | 0.8% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,274 | Sewanee TN | 2,936 | $136K | 12.0% | 1.0% | 31% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ridgemark, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 22% of Ridgemark
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Hollister. Darker towns draw more of Ridgemark’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ridgemark: questions
What is the median household income in Ridgemark?
$129,744 (±$16,590) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ridgemark?
4.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ridgemark?
43 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ridgemark work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hollister (22%, 4 mi), San Jose (7%, 42 mi), Salinas (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ridgemark walkable?
Ridgemark is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ridgemark without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ridgemark, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ridgemark
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.