Desert Shores vs Westmorland

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

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

Westmorland has the higher population (1,734 vs 457 in Desert Shores). Desert Shores has the higher median household income ($37,083 vs $28,929 in Westmorland). Westmorland has the higher median home value ($218,600 vs $169,400 in Desert Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Shores	Westmorland
Population	457	1,734
Median age	52.7 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,083	$28,929
Median home value	$169,400	$218,600
Median gross rent	—	$817
Housing units	241	562
Homeownership rate	100.0%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.5%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	17.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Shores	Westmorland
Population	574 → 457 (-20.4%)	2,432 → 1,734 (-28.7%)
Median household income	$21,009 → $37,083 (+76.5%)	$29,730 → $28,929 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$48,700 → $169,400 (+247.8%)	$119,300 → $218,600 (+83.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$767 → $817 (+6.5%)

Desert Shores

Population

574457

Median household income

$21,009$37,083

Median home value

$48,700$169,400

Westmorland

Population

2,4321,734

Median household income

$29,730$28,929

Median home value

$119,300$218,600

Median gross rent

$767$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Shores	Westmorland
Under 5	11.6%	11.2%
5 to 17	1.1%	24.6%
18 to 24	3.3%	13.1%
25 to 34	19.7%	8.5%
35 to 44	2.4%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	7.1%
55 to 64	21.0%	5.2%
65 to 74	6.8%	7.2%
75 and over	21.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Shores	Westmorland
White (non-Hispanic)	23.2%	6.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	76.8%	91.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Shores	Westmorland
No high school diploma	46.9%	36.3%
High school graduate	45.8%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	6.8%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Shores	Westmorland
Drove alone	95.2%	78.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Shores	Westmorland
1-unit, detached	66.4%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	33.6%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Desert Shores	Westmorland
Poverty rate	9.4%	49.3%
Average household size	2.57	3.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1985	1979