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Palm Desert, CA

51,290 Population
26.8 square miles 1,915.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.2 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 35.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in California: 37.3 ±0.1

Economics

$55,369 ±$2,859 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $33,460 ±$191
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $45,591 ±$149
$75,691 ±$4,961 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $81,041 ±$641
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $91,905 ±$277

12.9% ±2.1% (6,586  ±1,057) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 12.5% 566,678 (±0.3% / ±11,433)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12.1% 4,685,272 (±0.1% / ±38,720)

22.4 minutes ±1.6 (387,445  ±40,827) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 33.1 60,061,756 (±0.2 / ±428,083)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 29.2 463,270,940 (±0.1 / ±1,077,551)

Families

24,129 ±846 Number of households
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,409,904 ±3,144
  • California: 13,315,822 ±16,341
2.1 ±0.1 (50,850  ±56) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 3.2 4,528,727 (±0 / ±912)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 2.9 38,493,080

2.4% ±1.1% (206  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.3% 58,768 (±0.2% / ±2,200)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.8% 460,360 (±0.1% / ±5,836)

Housing

36,758 ±733 Number of housing units
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,584,750 ±542
  • California: 14,424,442 ±2,741

$452,000 ±$14,828 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $452,400 ±$1,633
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $659,300 ±$1,011

14.6% ±1.7% (7,429  ±,850.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 10.7% 486,836 (±0.2% / ±9,494.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 11.6% 4,529,708 (±0.1% / ±25,480.9)

Social

93% ±2.7% (37,948  ±1,445.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 82.3% 2,455,323
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.4% 22,656,988 (±0.2% / ±42,808.6)
39.9% ±2% (16,301  ±,909.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 23.3% 694,826
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 35.9% 9,626,973 (±0.1% / ±27,977.4)

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

16.8% ±1.8% (8,589  ±902) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 21.4% 986,815
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 26.5% 10,442,880

7.4% ±0.8% (3,241  ±340) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.7% 194,152 (±0.1% / ±3,662)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.7% 1,415,562 (±0% / ±11,195)
3,241 Total veterans ±340 3,036 Male ±298 205 Female ±124

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