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Desert Sands Unified School District, CA

189,796 Population
767.9 square miles 247.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Riverside County: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,529 ±$3,992 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Riverside County: $38,812 ±$704
  • a little less than the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$77,074 ±$5,988 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Riverside County: $93,172 ±$2,315
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.6% ±2.3% (17,985  ±4,428) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Riverside County: 9.6% 239,409 (±0.7% / ±16,455)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.3 minutes ±1.3 (1,571,465  ±138,585) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Riverside County: 35.5 35,841,376 (±0.6 / ±797,543)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 29.7 481,218,370 (±0.1 / ±2,696,690)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

75,529 ±3,072 Number of households
  • Riverside County: 797,569 ±5,613
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (187,575  ±5,129) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Riverside County: 3.1 2,493,898 (±0 / ±537)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.2% ±2.2% (1,214  ±844) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Riverside County: 5% † 30,037 (±0.6% / ±3,490)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

103,507 ±3,709 Number of housing units
  • Riverside County: 888,084 ±303
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$589,600 ±$20,423 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Riverside County: $601,600 ±$5,399
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.9% ±1.9% (18,679  ±3,642.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Riverside County: 9.6% 239,346 (±0.7% / ±16,416.1)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.1% ±3.1% (122,381  ±6,200.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Riverside County: 83.8% 1,426,018 (±1.3% / ±21,737.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32.7% ±2.3% (45,934  ±3,572.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Riverside County: 26.2% 445,715 (±0.7% / ±11,699.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

20.2% ±2.2% (38,387  ±4,264) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Riverside County: 22.3% 564,876
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.5% ±1.1% (9,824  ±1,688) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Riverside County: 5.3% 102,513 (±0.3% / ±5,462)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
9,824 Total veterans ±1,688 9,182 Male ±1,660 642 Female ±377

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