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Riverside County (Central)--Palm Desert, La Quinta (West) & Desert Hot Springs Cities PUMA, CA

159,838 Population
642.3 square miles 248.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.3 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$45,459 ±$3,531 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in California: $46,661 ±$225
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$72,817 ±$9,393 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $91,551 ±$471
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

11.2% ±2.8% (17,862  ±4,559) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 12.2% 4,670,324 (±0.2% / ±66,972)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

25.2 minutes ±0.9 (1,411,460  ±76,236) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29.2 463,270,940 (±0.1 / ±1,077,551)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

67,728 ±2,788 Number of households
  • California: 13,550,586 ±19,485
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0 (158,376  ±6,626) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,154,104
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5% ±3.1% (1,508  ±967) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 453,850 (±0.1% / ±13,512)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

94,728 ±4,208 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,627,041 ±997
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$479,700 ±$27,569 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $715,900 ±$2,271
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

10.1% ±2.2% (16,060  ±3,525.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 11.1% 4,293,993 (±0.2% / ±58,514.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

90.9% ±3.3% (110,325  ±6,783.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,751,090 (±0.3% / ±80,766.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
33.1% ±2.5% (40,168  ±3,572) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 37% 9,935,941 (±0.2% / ±52,591.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

32.8% ±3% (49,649  ±4,642.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 43.9% 16,288,124 (±0.1% / ±47,296.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

19% ±2.3% (30,409  ±3,936) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,428,025
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.9% ±1.1% (9,134  ±1,552) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.3% 1,292,737 (±0.1% / ±18,307)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
9,134 Total veterans ±1,552 8,554 Male ±1,491 580 Female ±340

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