Palo Verde vs Salton Sea Beach

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

Palo Verde 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.

Salton Sea Beach has the higher population (198 vs 73 in Palo Verde). Since 2019, Palo Verde's population has grown faster (+12.3% vs -24.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Palo Verde	Salton Sea Beach
Population	73	198
Median age	64.5 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median home value	—	$100,700
Housing units	146	224
Homeownership rate	0.0%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	46.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palo Verde	Salton Sea Beach
Population	65 → 73 (+12.3%)	261 → 198 (-24.1%)
Median household income	—	$63,155 → $59,808 (-5.3%)
Median home value	—	$54,700 → $100,700 (+84.1%)

Palo Verde

Population

6573

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)

	Palo Verde	Salton Sea Beach
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	22.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	24.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	1.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	65.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	34.2%	27.3%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palo Verde	Salton Sea Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	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	32.9%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palo Verde	Salton Sea Beach
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	0.0%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palo Verde	Salton Sea Beach
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	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)

	Palo Verde	Salton Sea Beach
1-unit, detached	45.2%	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	54.8%	58.0%

Poverty & households

	Palo Verde	Salton Sea Beach
Poverty rate	0.0%	58.7%
Average household size	1.49	1.81
Median year structure built	1994	1984