Desert View Highlands vs Pepperdine University

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

Desert View Highlands and Pepperdine University 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 2,772 in Pepperdine University). Pepperdine University has the higher median household income ($179,868 vs $68,958 in Desert View Highlands). Pepperdine University has the higher median home value ($763,900 vs $321,400 in Desert View Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Desert View Highlands	Pepperdine University
Population	3,389	2,772
Median age	35.0 yrs	20.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,958	$179,868
Median home value	$321,400	$763,900
Median gross rent	$1,627	—
Housing units	1,120	167
Homeownership rate	50.0%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	91.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert View Highlands	Pepperdine University
Population	2,668 → 3,389 (+27.0%)	2,764 → 2,772 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$60,703 → $68,958 (+13.6%)	$131,528 → $179,868 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$268,800 → $321,400 (+19.6%)	$596,000 → $763,900 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,331 → $1,627 (+22.2%)	—

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

Pepperdine University

Population

2,7642,772

Median household income

$131,528$179,868

Median home value

$596,000$763,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert View Highlands	Pepperdine University
Under 5	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	4.4%
18 to 24	13.8%	81.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	4.2%
35 to 44	6.6%	1.2%
45 to 54	15.8%	4.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	0.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	3.0%
75 and over	4.2%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert View Highlands	Pepperdine University
White (non-Hispanic)	9.0%	48.4%
Black or African American	13.2%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	11.2%	23.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	63.9%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert View Highlands	Pepperdine University
No high school diploma	30.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.0%	2.6%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	5.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	68.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert View Highlands	Pepperdine University
Drove alone	73.5%	32.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	1.7%
Public transit	3.4%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	42.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	12.1%	17.9%
Other means	0.3%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert View Highlands	Pepperdine University
1-unit, detached	87.0%	39.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	44.3%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Desert View Highlands	Pepperdine University
Poverty rate	1.8%	0.0%
Average household size	3.03	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	36	11
Median year structure built	1972	1988