
California · Census place 38024
Kelly Ridge, CA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Kelly Ridge, California (Kelly Ridge, CA — Census place “Kelly Ridge CDP”) is 3,010 residents, ranking #794 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $56,230, the median home is worth $266,300 and median gross rent runs $2,250 a month. Looking for the Kelly Ridge California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Kelly Ridge, CA: 95966.
- Population
- 3,010Kelly Ridge CDP residents
- Median household income
- $56,230Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $266,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $2,250Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 58.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 91.3%Owner-occupied households
Kelly Ridge ZIP codes (California)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kelly Ridge.
The Kelly Ridge CA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Kelly Ridge CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Kelly Ridge CDP median would spend about 48% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.9% of residents and 91.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Kelly Ridge CDP, CA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Kelly Ridge CDP is a small town in California, with 3,010 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #794 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 50% of them. The median age here is 58.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Kelly Ridge CDP earn a median of $56,230 a year, 28.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 38% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 8.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Kelly Ridge CDP is valued at $266,300, 12.2% below the national figure and 55% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,250 a month, 60% above the national figure, or roughly $27,000 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 48% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is severely stretched — a median-income renter clears the cost-burden line by a wide margin before utilities beyond the gross-rent definition. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 91.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
A median age of 58.6 puts Kelly Ridge CDP well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Kelly Ridge CDP?
- Kelly Ridge CDP has 3,010 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #794 of 1,618 in California.
- What is the median household income in Kelly Ridge CDP?
- Median household income in Kelly Ridge CDP is $56,230 a year, 28.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kelly Ridge CDP?
- Median gross rent is $2,250 a month and the median home value is $266,300, so rent absorbs about 48% of median household income.
- Is Kelly Ridge CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kelly Ridge CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 48% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Kelly Ridge CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.