Ocotillo vs Palo Verde

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

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

Ocotillo has the higher population (157 vs 73 in Palo Verde). Since 2019, Ocotillo's population has grown faster (+76.4% vs +12.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Ocotillo	Palo Verde
Population	157	73
Median age	58.0 yrs	64.5 yrs
Median household income	$22,989	—
Median home value	$160,300	—
Housing units	200	146
Homeownership rate	78.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	100.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocotillo	Palo Verde
Population	89 → 157 (+76.4%)	65 → 73 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$19,191 → $22,989 (+19.8%)	—
Median home value	$121,100 → $160,300 (+32.4%)	—

Ocotillo

Population

89157

Median household income

$19,191$22,989

Median home value

$121,100$160,300

Palo Verde

Population

6573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocotillo	Palo Verde
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	21.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	35.0%	65.8%
65 to 74	15.3%	34.2%
75 and over	14.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocotillo	Palo Verde
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	67.1%
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	43.3%	32.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocotillo	Palo Verde
No high school diploma	39.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.4%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocotillo	Palo Verde
Drove alone	—	100.0%
Carpooled	—	0.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	0.0%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocotillo	Palo Verde
1-unit, detached	82.0%	45.2%
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	18.0%	54.8%

Poverty & households

	Ocotillo	Palo Verde
Poverty rate	45.9%	0.0%
Average household size	1.89	1.49
Median year structure built	1996	1994