Banning vs Desert Hot Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Banning and Desert Hot Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Desert Hot Springs has the higher population (32,786 vs 30,680 in Banning). Banning has the higher median household income ($57,699 vs $50,349 in Desert Hot Springs). Banning has the higher median home value ($322,900 vs $309,300 in Desert Hot Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Banning	Desert Hot Springs
Population	30,680	32,786
Median age	43.3 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,699	$50,349
Median home value	$322,900	$309,300
Median gross rent	$1,528	$1,339
Housing units	12,402	12,786
Homeownership rate	71.5%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Banning	Desert Hot Springs
Population	31,072 → 30,680 (-1.3%)	28,585 → 32,786 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$42,274 → $57,699 (+36.5%)	$33,046 → $50,349 (+52.4%)
Median home value	$234,900 → $322,900 (+37.5%)	$194,500 → $309,300 (+59.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,010 → $1,528 (+51.3%)	$963 → $1,339 (+39.0%)

Banning

Population

31,07230,680

Median household income

$42,274$57,699

Median home value

$234,900$322,900

Median gross rent

$1,010$1,528

Desert Hot Springs

Population

28,58532,786

Median household income

$33,046$50,349

Median home value

$194,500$309,300

Median gross rent

$963$1,339

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Banning	Desert Hot Springs
Under 5	5.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	7.7%
75 and over	15.9%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Banning	Desert Hot Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	35.1%	23.2%
Black or African American	6.2%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.5%
Asian	5.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	63.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Banning	Desert Hot Springs
No high school diploma	17.9%	19.0%
High school graduate	28.8%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Banning	Desert Hot Springs
Drove alone	79.3%	75.4%
Carpooled	11.7%	15.9%
Public transit	1.6%	1.7%
Walked	0.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	5.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Banning	Desert Hot Springs
1-unit, detached	72.2%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	9.1%
20 or more units	3.6%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Banning	Desert Hot Springs
Poverty rate	19.0%	19.2%
Average household size	2.64	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1983	1989