California · Census place 19022
Desert Palms CDP, CA
Quick answer
Desert Palms CDP has 6,522 residents, ranking #596 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $81,954, the median home is worth $526,500 and median gross rent runs $2,175 a month.
- Population
- 6,522Desert Palms CDP residents
- Median household income
- $81,954Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $526,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $2,175Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 76.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 83.8%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Desert Palms CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Desert Palms CDP median would spend about 31.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 6.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.4% of residents and 83.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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