Avalon vs Desert View Highlands

A side-by-side comparison of Avalon and Desert View Highlands: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Desert View Highlands has the higher population (3,389 vs 3,373 in Avalon). Avalon has the higher median household income ($91,713 vs $68,958 in Desert View Highlands). Avalon has the higher median home value ($902,800 vs $321,400 in Desert View Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Avalon	Desert View Highlands
Population	3,373	3,389
Median age	36.9 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,713	$68,958
Median home value	$902,800	$321,400
Median gross rent	$2,087	$1,627
Housing units	1,854	1,120
Homeownership rate	34.2%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avalon	Desert View Highlands
Population	3,731 → 3,373 (-9.6%)	2,668 → 3,389 (+27.0%)
Median household income	$74,769 → $91,713 (+22.7%)	$60,703 → $68,958 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$628,600 → $902,800 (+43.6%)	$268,800 → $321,400 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,550 → $2,087 (+34.6%)	$1,331 → $1,627 (+22.2%)

Avalon

Population

3,7313,373

Median household income

$74,769$91,713

Median home value

$628,600$902,800

Median gross rent

$1,550$2,087

Desert View Highlands

Population

2,6683,389

Median household income

$60,703$68,958

Median home value

$268,800$321,400

Median gross rent

$1,331$1,627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avalon	Desert View Highlands
Under 5	7.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	13.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.3%	6.6%
45 to 54	7.0%	15.8%
55 to 64	18.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.6%
75 and over	4.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avalon	Desert View Highlands
White (non-Hispanic)	34.3%	9.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	65.4%	63.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avalon	Desert View Highlands
No high school diploma	22.6%	30.8%
High school graduate	30.1%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avalon	Desert View Highlands
Drove alone	38.7%	73.5%
Carpooled	11.4%	10.7%
Public transit	0.7%	3.4%
Walked	39.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	12.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avalon	Desert View Highlands
1-unit, detached	23.5%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	28.4%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	26.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avalon	Desert View Highlands
Poverty rate	8.0%	1.8%
Average household size	2.77	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	10	36
Median year structure built	1954	1972