Anza vs Thermal

A side-by-side comparison of Anza and Thermal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Anza has the higher population (1,842 vs 1,420 in Thermal). Anza has the higher median home value ($316,700 vs $183,200 in Thermal). Since 2019, Thermal's population has grown faster (+6.5% vs -40.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Anza	Thermal
Population	1,842	1,420
Median age	41.2 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,814	—
Median home value	$316,700	$183,200
Median gross rent	$1,184	$922
Housing units	1,273	791
Homeownership rate	83.2%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anza	Thermal
Population	3,076 → 1,842 (-40.1%)	1,333 → 1,420 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$42,962 → $53,814 (+25.3%)	$30,433 → $14,500 (-52.4%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $316,700 (+88.6%)	$150,200 → $183,200 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $1,184 (+53.0%)	$499 → $922 (+84.8%)

Anza

Population

3,0761,842

Median household income

$42,962$53,814

Median home value

$167,900$316,700

Median gross rent

$774$1,184

Thermal

Population

1,3331,420

Median household income

$30,433$14,500

Median home value

$150,200$183,200

Median gross rent

$499$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anza	Thermal
Under 5	4.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	10.8%	10.7%
18 to 24	15.2%	11.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	20.6%
35 to 44	14.8%	7.5%
45 to 54	7.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	18.3%	6.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	5.6%
75 and over	5.4%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anza	Thermal
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	3.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	93.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anza	Thermal
No high school diploma	13.3%	68.3%
High school graduate	15.1%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	48.6%	6.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anza	Thermal
Drove alone	56.5%	51.6%
Carpooled	42.0%	37.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anza	Thermal
1-unit, detached	45.2%	40.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	51.5%	39.1%

Poverty & households

	Anza	Thermal
Poverty rate	11.7%	30.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	32	19
Median year structure built	1986	1977