Ridgecrest is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,966 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.5 km (0.6 mi<sup>2</sup>), of which 1.5 km (0.6 mi<sup>2</sup>) is land and 1.75% is water.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Ridgecrest CDP, Florida – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|365
|488
|style='background: #ffffe6; |537
|14.88%
|19.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18.11%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|1,964
|1,719
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,746
|80.07%
|67.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |58.87%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|2
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.08%
|0.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.24%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|4
|21
|style='background: #ffffe6; |40
|0.16%
|0.82%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.35%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.61%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|11
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19
|0.45%
|0.39%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.64%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|29
|76
|style='background: #ffffe6; |174
|1.18%
|2.97%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.87%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|78
|239
|style='background: #ffffe6; |425
|3.18%
|9.34%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14.33%
|-
|Total
|2,453
|2,558
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,966
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Ridgecrest had a population of 2,966. The median age was 30.9 years. 35.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 12.3% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 80.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 68.9 males.
There were 936 households, of which 41.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 28.3% were married-couple households, 15.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 47.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.