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Ridgemark, California.

A community in San Benito County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see San Benito County’s.

Living in Ridgemark, San Benito County, California

Ridgemark, in San Benito County, had 3,212 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $129,744 a year and half less, against $114,394 across San Benito County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 77% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 23% are rented. Unemployment in San Benito County was 5.9% in August 2026, and the county had 3.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 3,212 in the 2020 census
Household income $129,744 the median, give or take $16,590 · San Benito County: $114,394
Unemployment 5.9% San Benito County, August 2026; 6.3% a year before
Homes 77% lived in by their owners; 23% rented
  • 1,309households
  • 40%of adults have a degree
  • 5%below the poverty line
  • 43 mintypical commute
  • 25%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Professional and business services18%
  • Building trades13%
  • Government10%
  • Manufacturing9%
  • Other services8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. San Benito County had 18,690 jobs in 2025, 3.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 59° and 38°; warmest in August, 81° and 54° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J F M A M J J A 81° 54° S O N D 59° 38°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 59° and 38°; warmest in August, 81° and 54° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J F M A M J J A 81° 54° S O N D 59° 38°

Coldest in December, with highs near 59° and lows near 38°; warmest in August, with highs near 81° and lows near 54°. About 14 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hollister weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in San Benito County

  1. Taylor Farms San Juan BautistaSalads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing840
  2. True Leaf FarmsVegetables, cut or peeled, fresh, manufacturing732
  3. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage554
  4. Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (California)Explosives manufacturing550
  5. Hollister SchoolsSchool district484FTE
  6. Dameron HospitalGeneral hospital417FTE
  7. Hazel Hawkins Mem. HospitalCritical access hospital387FTE
  8. San Benito High SchoolsSchool district329FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 45 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,092 people in all across the county; Ridgemark has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. EarthquakesVery high
  2. WildfireRelatively high
  3. Inland floodingRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Ridgemark’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on San Benito County.