Banning vs La Quinta

A side-by-side comparison of Banning and La Quinta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

La Quinta has the higher population (38,299 vs 30,680 in Banning). La Quinta has the higher median household income ($97,628 vs $57,699 in Banning). La Quinta has the higher median home value ($612,800 vs $322,900 in Banning).

Population, income & housing

	Banning	La Quinta
Population	30,680	38,299
Median age	43.3 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,699	$97,628
Median home value	$322,900	$612,800
Median gross rent	$1,528	$1,747
Housing units	12,402	24,669
Homeownership rate	71.5%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Banning	La Quinta
Population	31,072 → 30,680 (-1.3%)	41,076 → 38,299 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$42,274 → $57,699 (+36.5%)	$77,839 → $97,628 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$234,900 → $322,900 (+37.5%)	$398,200 → $612,800 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,010 → $1,528 (+51.3%)	$1,449 → $1,747 (+20.6%)

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

La Quinta

Population

41,07638,299

Median household income

$77,839$97,628

Median home value

$398,200$612,800

Median gross rent

$1,449$1,747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Banning	La Quinta
Under 5	5.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.6%	17.6%
75 and over	15.9%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Banning	La Quinta
White (non-Hispanic)	35.1%	53.6%
Black or African American	6.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.3%
Asian	5.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	37.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Banning	La Quinta
No high school diploma	17.9%	8.2%
High school graduate	28.8%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Banning	La Quinta
Drove alone	79.3%	73.2%
Carpooled	11.7%	8.4%
Public transit	1.6%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.1%	15.2%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Banning	La Quinta
1-unit, detached	72.2%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	5.2%
20 or more units	3.6%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Banning	La Quinta
Poverty rate	19.0%	9.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1983	1999