Desert Shores vs Salton Sea Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Desert Shores and Salton Sea Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Desert Shores and Salton Sea Beach are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Desert Shores has the higher population (457 vs 198 in Salton Sea Beach). Desert Shores has the higher median home value ($169,400 vs $100,700 in Salton Sea Beach). Since 2019, Desert Shores's population has grown faster (-20.4% vs -24.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Shores	Salton Sea Beach
Population	457	198
Median age	52.7 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,083	—
Median home value	$169,400	$100,700
Housing units	241	224
Homeownership rate	100.0%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	46.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Shores	Salton Sea Beach
Population	574 → 457 (-20.4%)	261 → 198 (-24.1%)
Median household income	$21,009 → $37,083 (+76.5%)	$63,155 → $59,808 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$48,700 → $169,400 (+247.8%)	$54,700 → $100,700 (+84.1%)

Desert Shores

Population

574457

Median household income

$21,009$37,083

Median home value

$48,700$169,400

Salton Sea Beach

Population

261198

Median household income

$63,155$59,808

Median home value

$54,700$100,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Shores	Salton Sea Beach
Under 5	11.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	1.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.3%	22.2%
25 to 34	19.7%	24.7%
35 to 44	2.4%	1.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	21.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	27.3%
75 and over	21.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Shores	Salton Sea Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	23.2%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	76.8%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Shores	Salton Sea Beach
No high school diploma	46.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	45.8%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	6.8%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Shores	Salton Sea Beach
Drove alone	95.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Shores	Salton Sea Beach
1-unit, detached	66.4%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.6%	58.0%

Poverty & households

	Desert Shores	Salton Sea Beach
Poverty rate	9.4%	58.7%
Average household size	2.57	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1985	1984