Desert View Highlands vs North El Monte

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

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

North El Monte has the higher population (4,115 vs 3,389 in Desert View Highlands). North El Monte has the higher median household income ($105,590 vs $68,958 in Desert View Highlands). North El Monte has the higher median home value ($852,600 vs $321,400 in Desert View Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Desert View Highlands	North El Monte
Population	3,389	4,115
Median age	35.0 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,958	$105,590
Median home value	$321,400	$852,600
Median gross rent	$1,627	$2,356
Housing units	1,120	1,351
Homeownership rate	50.0%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert View Highlands	North El Monte
Population	2,668 → 3,389 (+27.0%)	3,933 → 4,115 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$60,703 → $68,958 (+13.6%)	$63,875 → $105,590 (+65.3%)
Median home value	$268,800 → $321,400 (+19.6%)	$633,400 → $852,600 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,331 → $1,627 (+22.2%)	$1,828 → $2,356 (+28.9%)

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

North El Monte

Population

3,9334,115

Median household income

$63,875$105,590

Median home value

$633,400$852,600

Median gross rent

$1,828$2,356

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert View Highlands	North El Monte
Under 5	3.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	10.8%
18 to 24	13.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	6.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	15.8%	17.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	18.7%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.5%
75 and over	4.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert View Highlands	North El Monte
White (non-Hispanic)	9.0%	18.7%
Black or African American	13.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.2%	45.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	63.9%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert View Highlands	North El Monte
No high school diploma	30.8%	13.5%
High school graduate	20.0%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert View Highlands	North El Monte
Drove alone	73.5%	70.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	11.6%
Public transit	3.4%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	17.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert View Highlands	North El Monte
1-unit, detached	87.0%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Desert View Highlands	North El Monte
Poverty rate	1.8%	8.2%
Average household size	3.03	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1972	1957