Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety63#5,845/15,637
Economy80#3,103/15,631
Housing4#14,343/14,977
Health87#2,090/15,609
Healthcare22#12,282/15,650
Environment90#1,580/15,453
Education19#12,681/15,649
Infrastructure77#3,625/15,650
Community28#11,320/15,651
Leisure & amenities13#13,572/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Ridgemark, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “San Benito County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Drought exposure · low0%
98/100California 9%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAASan Benito County value
Job growth · high4.7%
97/100California 0.9%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataSan Benito County value
Comfortable days · high38.4%
96/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationSan Benito County value
Broadband subscriptions · high97.6%
95/100California 93.5%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.7 µg/m³
93/100California 9.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySan Benito County value
Property crime rate · low444 /100k
92/100California 1,792 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationSan Benito County value

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high22.9×
1/100California 21.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsSan Benito County value
Social associations · low3.7 /10k
3/100California 6.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSan Benito County value
Home price to income ratio · high6.6×
7/100California 7.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Distance to an emergency room · high15.6 mi
7/100California 4.3 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSan Benito County value
Natural hazard risk · high92.9
7/100California 87.32025Federal Emergency Management AgencySan Benito County value
New business applications · low8.1 /1k
7/100California 14.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauSan Benito County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,872 (2015-2019) → 3,403 (2020-2024)
+18%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Home price to income ratioWorsening
5.1× (2015-2019) → 6.6× (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
34.8% (2015-2019) → 40.1% (2020-2024)
+5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
92.5% (2015-2019) → 97.6% (2020-2024)
+5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
1.9% (2015-2019) → 7.0% (2020-2024)
+5 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.387 (2015-2019) → 0.457 (2020-2024)
+18%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Ridgemark, California improved on 1 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 6 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+5.1 points92.5% → 97.6%

Declined3

Price / income+1.5×5.1× → 6.6×
Inequality+0.0710.387 → 0.457
Poverty+2.5 points2.2% → 4.6%

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Ridgemark, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	46.2 min2015-2019	42.6 min2020-2024	−3.6 min	Within the margin of error	83%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%2015-2019	40.1%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Broadband subscriptions	92.5%2015-2019	97.6%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Improved	32%
Effective property tax rate	0.84%2015-2019	0.88%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	11%
High school diploma or higher	96.9%2015-2019	96.6%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Home price to income ratio	5.1×2015-2019	6.6×2020-2024	+1.5×	Declined	9%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3872015-2019	0.4572020-2024	+0.071	Declined	10%
Median household income	$123,2142015-2019	$129,7442020-2024	+5.3%	Within the margin of error	12%
Poverty rate	2.2%2015-2019	4.6%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Declined	23%
Rent-burdened households	45.3%2015-2019	48.4%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	44%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Ridgemark, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ridgemark, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Ridgemark, California itself moved −8.5 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,403 residents (±325)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 men (+4.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,403 residents (±325)

Ridgemark, California
California share

White55%1,869
Black0.1%†4
Hispanic or Latino34%1,146
Asian4.7%†159
American Indian and Alaska Native0.4%†12
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races6.3%†213

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−19.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

2,481 residents (±231)

Ridgemark, California
California share

No high school diploma3.4%†84
High school or GED18%†446
Some college26%636
Associate degree13%321
Bachelor's degree27%673
Graduate degree13%321

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,309 households (±105)

Ridgemark, California
California share

Under $25k9.1%†119
$25k–50k8.0%†105
$50k–75k13%†174
$75k–100k6.6%†87
$100k–150k20%†257
$150k–200k13%†166
$200k or more31%401

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,309 households (±105)

Ridgemark, California
California share

Own77%1,006
Rent23%†303

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

296 households (±99)

Ridgemark, California
California share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5002.7%†8

Home values

1,006 homes (±129)

Ridgemark, California
California share

Under $150k1.0%†10
$150k–250k1.9%†19
$250k–400k0.9%†9

Age of homes

1,322 homes (±104)

Ridgemark, California
California share

2010 or later7.5%†99
2000–20098.8%†116
1980–199956%741

Size of homes

1,322 homes (±104)

Ridgemark, California
California share

Studio0.6%†8
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms21%283

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,522 workers (±250)

Ridgemark, California
California share

Drive alone69%1,046
Carpool3.5%†53
Public transit0.7%†10
Walk1.7%†26
Bike0.0%0
Work from home25%385
Other0.1%†2

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+19.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,137 workers (±222)

Ridgemark, California
California share

Under 15 min24%†277
15–29 min18%†201
30–44 min6.3%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of San Benito County, the county holding most of Ridgemark's residents.

San Benito County has 1,168 employer establishments, 171 for every 10,000 residents (0.69× the US rate of 248; 0.65× California's), with 14,222 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,166. The Census Bureau also counts 4,712 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,168; 4,712 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 171; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 14,222
Average annual pay: $56,166; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of San Benito County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	163	23.9	1.54×More than typical	1,307	$72,255	311
Restaurants and other eating places	99	14.5	0.79×Fewer than typical	1,552	$25,516	20
Ambulatory health care services	69	10.1	0.48×Fewer than typical	510	$69,180	163
Building equipment contractors	60	8.8	1.46×More than typical	514	$78,383	88
Construction of buildings	59	8.6	1.14×About typical	244	$66,549	182
Lessors of real estate	51	7.5	0.61×Fewer than typical	99	$48,667	390
Building finishing contractors	47	6.9	1.81×More than typical	430	$60,451	99
Services to buildings and dwellings	41	6	0.89×About typical	262	$45,252	342
Full-service restaurants	40	5.9	0.76×Fewer than typical	540	$26,169	6
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	38	5.6	1.77×More than typical	205	$63,790	40
Limited-service restaurants	38	5.6	0.69×Fewer than typical	732	$26,340	6
Truck transportation	37	5.4	1.07×About typical	173	$52,815	70

Rank places for an industry Open San Benito County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 68,267 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $804.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Ridgemark, California: $236 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $804.5K; +11% vs FY2025
Per resident: $236; US $1,994
Sole-source: 86%; US 30%
Single offer: 11%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Air Force$660.4K82%
Department of the Navy$120K15%
Agricultural Marketing Service$19.6K2.4%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1,6750.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1,5830.2%
Forest Service$8710.1%
U.S. Geological Survey$4160.1%

Top recipients

PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY (CALIFORNIA LLC)$780.4K97%
THE NEIL JONES FOOD COMPANY$15.9K2.0%
GUERRA NUT SHELLING COMPANY$3,6670.5%
C AND J MAINTENANCE CONSTRUCTION, INC.$1,6750.2%
PROSTHETIC SOLUTIONS, INC.$1,5830.2%

Spending by fiscal year

391.7KFY2017
196.4KFY2018
226.5KFY2019
485.6KFY2020
281.2KFY2021
361.1KFY2022
401.2KFY2023
343.4K

Top industries (NAICS)

Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing · 3259$769.8K96%
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing · 3114$15.9K2.0%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$7,2520.9%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$3,6670.5%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$3,0050.4%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$1,583

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Ridgemark, California, so they do not add up across cities.

Ridgemark, California's figures are part of those of San Benito County, CA ($83.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Ridgemark is mostly in San Benito County.

See federal money in San Benito County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Ridgemark, California is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Zoe LofgrenD-CA-18 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.5%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

San Benito County57100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA87

Other cities and towns in San Benito County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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