California · Census place 80994
Twentynine Palms city, CA
Quick answer
Twentynine Palms city has 28,738 residents, ranking #277 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $56,000, the median home is worth $238,400 and median gross rent runs $1,271 a month.
- Population
- 28,738Twentynine Palms city residents
- Median household income
- $56,000Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $238,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,271Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 24.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 37.4%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Twentynine Palms city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Twentynine Palms city median would spend about 27.2% 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 4.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.4% of residents and 37.4% 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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