[2] The 2010 United States census reported Fruitridge Pocket's population was 5,800.

Prior to the 2010 United States census, Fruitridge Pocket was grouped with Parkway and Lemon Hill in the Parkway-South Sacramento, California CDP.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), all of it land.

The 2010 United States Census[5] reported that Fruitridge Pocket had a population of 5,800.

There were 1,907 housing units at an average density of 3,135.5 per square mile (1,210.6/km2), of which 708 (42.4%) were owner-occupied, and 962 (57.6%) were occupied by renters.