Palermo vs Thermalito

A side-by-side comparison of Palermo and Thermalito: population, income, housing, and more.

Palermo and Thermalito are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Thermalito has the higher population (6,645 vs 5,440 in Palermo). Thermalito has the higher median household income ($53,814 vs $47,893 in Palermo). Palermo has the higher median home value ($287,000 vs $257,400 in Thermalito).

Population, income & housing

	Palermo	Thermalito
Population	5,440	6,645
Median age	43.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,893	$53,814
Median home value	$287,000	$257,400
Median gross rent	$1,067	$1,104
Housing units	2,330	2,493
Homeownership rate	65.6%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palermo	Thermalito
Population	5,395 → 5,440 (+0.8%)	6,894 → 6,645 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$42,227 → $47,893 (+13.4%)	$36,964 → $53,814 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$215,300 → $287,000 (+33.3%)	$163,700 → $257,400 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $1,067 (+20.6%)	$1,124 → $1,104 (-1.8%)

Palermo

Population

5,3955,440

Median household income

$42,227$47,893

Median home value

$215,300$287,000

Median gross rent

$885$1,067

Thermalito

Population

6,8946,645

Median household income

$36,964$53,814

Median home value

$163,700$257,400

Median gross rent

$1,124$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palermo	Thermalito
Under 5	5.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	14.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	18.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	15.6%	10.0%
75 and over	6.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palermo	Thermalito
White (non-Hispanic)	60.6%	47.1%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	2.0%
Asian	1.5%	23.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.5%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palermo	Thermalito
No high school diploma	17.4%	22.4%
High school graduate	39.0%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palermo	Thermalito
Drove alone	77.0%	79.3%
Carpooled	11.8%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	6.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palermo	Thermalito
1-unit, detached	57.0%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	42.2%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Palermo	Thermalito
Poverty rate	21.0%	17.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1978	1971