Aguanga vs Desert Center

A side-by-side comparison of Aguanga and Desert Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aguanga has the higher population (756 vs 167 in Desert Center). Since 2019, Aguanga's population has grown faster (-6.1% vs -22.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Aguanga	Desert Center
Population	756	167
Median age	51.5 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$72,857
Median home value	—	$221,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,192
Housing units	423	201
Homeownership rate	72.7%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	15.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aguanga	Desert Center
Population	805 → 756 (-6.1%)	216 → 167 (-22.7%)
Median household income	$77,857 → $77,813 (-0.1%)	$32,292 → $72,857 (+125.6%)
Median home value	—	$113,400 → $221,200 (+95.1%)

Aguanga

Population

805756

Median household income

$77,857$77,813

Desert Center

Population

216167

Median household income

$32,292$72,857

Median home value

$113,400$221,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aguanga	Desert Center
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	4.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	3.0%
25 to 34	13.5%	19.8%
35 to 44	2.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	21.8%	20.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.4%
75 and over	11.6%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aguanga	Desert Center
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	50.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	37.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aguanga	Desert Center
No high school diploma	7.5%	1.4%
High school graduate	23.1%	59.9%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aguanga	Desert Center
Drove alone	61.8%	58.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	29.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.6%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aguanga	Desert Center
1-unit, detached	38.8%	39.8%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	51.5%	60.2%

Poverty & households

	Aguanga	Desert Center
Poverty rate	29.2%	29.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	44	12
Median year structure built	1990	1987