Beaumont vs Palm Desert

A side-by-side comparison of Beaumont and Palm Desert: population, income, housing, and more.

Beaumont and Palm Desert 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 51,551 in Palm Desert). Beaumont has the higher median household income ($105,164 vs $79,508 in Palm Desert). Palm Desert has the higher median home value ($491,600 vs $464,000 in Beaumont).

Population, income & housing

	Beaumont	Palm Desert
Population	54,817	51,551
Median age	35.4 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$105,164	$79,508
Median home value	$464,000	$491,600
Median gross rent	$1,505	$1,717
Housing units	17,403	36,584
Homeownership rate	80.1%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaumont	Palm Desert
Population	47,144 → 54,817 (+16.3%)	52,575 → 51,551 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$84,105 → $105,164 (+25.0%)	$59,977 → $79,508 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$320,500 → $464,000 (+44.8%)	$350,400 → $491,600 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,320 → $1,505 (+14.0%)	$1,319 → $1,717 (+30.2%)

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

Palm Desert

Population

52,57551,551

Median household income

$59,977$79,508

Median home value

$350,400$491,600

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaumont	Palm Desert
Under 5	8.3%	2.8%
5 to 17	21.8%	10.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	16.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	8.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	17.0%
75 and over	5.2%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaumont	Palm Desert
White (non-Hispanic)	34.1%	64.3%
Black or African American	8.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	7.6%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	45.9%	26.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaumont	Palm Desert
No high school diploma	10.3%	7.3%
High school graduate	23.6%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaumont	Palm Desert
Drove alone	76.6%	69.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.2%	14.1%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaumont	Palm Desert
1-unit, detached	88.5%	38.2%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	29.8%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Beaumont	Palm Desert
Poverty rate	9.2%	11.3%
Average household size	3.20	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	36	22
Median year structure built	2006	1985