Beaumont vs Cathedral City

A side-by-side comparison of Beaumont and Cathedral City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beaumont has the higher population (54,817 vs 52,047 in Cathedral City). Beaumont has the higher median household income ($105,164 vs $67,031 in Cathedral City). Beaumont has the higher median home value ($464,000 vs $420,700 in Cathedral City).

Population, income & housing

	Beaumont	Cathedral City
Population	54,817	52,047
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$105,164	$67,031
Median home value	$464,000	$420,700
Median gross rent	$1,505	$1,554
Housing units	17,403	23,114
Homeownership rate	80.1%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaumont	Cathedral City
Population	47,144 → 54,817 (+16.3%)	54,357 → 52,047 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$84,105 → $105,164 (+25.0%)	$46,521 → $67,031 (+44.1%)
Median home value	$320,500 → $464,000 (+44.8%)	$279,500 → $420,700 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,320 → $1,505 (+14.0%)	$1,193 → $1,554 (+30.3%)

Beaumont

Population

47,14454,817

Median household income

$84,105$105,164

Median home value

$320,500$464,000

Median gross rent

$1,320$1,505

Cathedral City

Population

54,35752,047

Median household income

$46,521$67,031

Median home value

$279,500$420,700

Median gross rent

$1,193$1,554

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaumont	Cathedral City
Under 5	8.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	21.8%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	16.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	8.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.0%
75 and over	5.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaumont	Cathedral City
White (non-Hispanic)	34.1%	30.5%
Black or African American	8.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	7.6%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	45.9%	58.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaumont	Cathedral City
No high school diploma	10.3%	19.1%
High school graduate	23.6%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaumont	Cathedral City
Drove alone	76.6%	73.8%
Carpooled	9.1%	13.5%
Public transit	1.0%	1.2%
Walked	1.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.2%	8.8%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaumont	Cathedral City
1-unit, detached	88.5%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Beaumont	Cathedral City
Poverty rate	9.2%	15.3%
Average household size	3.20	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	36	20
Median year structure built	2006	1987