Bombay Beach vs Palo Verde

A side-by-side comparison of Bombay Beach and Palo Verde: population, income, housing, and more.

Bombay Beach and Palo Verde are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bombay Beach has the higher population (313 vs 73 in Palo Verde). Since 2019, Palo Verde's population has grown faster (+12.3% vs +5.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Bombay Beach	Palo Verde
Population	313	73
Median age	54.1 yrs	64.5 yrs
Median household income	$25,968	—
Median home value	$94,300	—
Housing units	282	146
Homeownership rate	87.1%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bombay Beach	Palo Verde
Population	297 → 313 (+5.4%)	65 → 73 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$21,154 → $25,968 (+22.8%)	—
Median home value	$43,700 → $94,300 (+115.8%)	—

Bombay Beach

Population

297313

Median household income

$21,154$25,968

Median home value

$43,700$94,300

Palo Verde

Population

6573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bombay Beach	Palo Verde
Under 5	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	23.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	65.8%
65 to 74	24.0%	34.2%
75 and over	6.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bombay Beach	Palo Verde
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	67.1%
Black or African American	26.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	32.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bombay Beach	Palo Verde
No high school diploma	20.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.1%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bombay Beach	Palo Verde
Drove alone	65.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bombay Beach	Palo Verde
1-unit, detached	65.2%	45.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.9%	54.8%

Poverty & households

	Bombay Beach	Palo Verde
Poverty rate	61.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.24	1.49
Median year structure built	1962	1994