Furnace Creek vs Homewood Canyon

A side-by-side comparison of Furnace Creek and Homewood Canyon: population, income, housing, and more.

Furnace Creek and Homewood Canyon are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Homewood Canyon has the higher population (195 vs 102 in Furnace Creek). Homewood Canyon has the higher median home value ($100,700 vs $9,999 in Furnace Creek). Since 2019, Homewood Canyon's population has grown faster (+182.6% vs -5.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Furnace Creek	Homewood Canyon
Population	102	195
Median age	35.9 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median home value	$9,999	$100,700
Housing units	114	79
Homeownership rate	24.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Furnace Creek	Homewood Canyon
Population	108 → 102 (-5.6%)	69 → 195 (+182.6%)
Median household income	$24,716 → $41,583 (+68.2%)	—
Median home value	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)	$72,500 → $100,700 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$161 → $99 (-38.5%)	—

Furnace Creek

Population

108102

Median household income

$24,716$41,583

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

Median gross rent

$161$99

Homewood Canyon

Population

69195

Median home value

$72,500$100,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Furnace Creek	Homewood Canyon
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	2.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	29.2%
35 to 44	53.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	20.5%
55 to 64	19.6%	6.7%
65 to 74	4.9%	19.0%
75 and over	6.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Furnace Creek	Homewood Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	37.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	18.6%	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	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.5%	62.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Furnace Creek	Homewood Canyon
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	45.5%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Furnace Creek	Homewood Canyon
Drove alone	5.1%	72.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	27.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	91.0%	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)

	Furnace Creek	Homewood Canyon
1-unit, detached	7.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	71.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Furnace Creek	Homewood Canyon
Poverty rate	49.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.38	2.75
Median year structure built	1978	1981