Beaumont vs Palm Springs

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

Beaumont and Palm Springs 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 44,998 in Palm Springs). Beaumont has the higher median household income ($105,164 vs $71,979 in Palm Springs). Palm Springs has the higher median home value ($567,300 vs $464,000 in Beaumont).

Population, income & housing

	Beaumont	Palm Springs
Population	54,817	44,998
Median age	35.4 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$105,164	$71,979
Median home value	$464,000	$567,300
Median gross rent	$1,505	$1,473
Housing units	17,403	36,959
Homeownership rate	80.1%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	45.1%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaumont	Palm Springs
Population	47,144 → 54,817 (+16.3%)	47,897 → 44,998 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$84,105 → $105,164 (+25.0%)	$53,441 → $71,979 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$320,500 → $464,000 (+44.8%)	$389,800 → $567,300 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,320 → $1,505 (+14.0%)	$1,114 → $1,473 (+32.2%)

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 Springs

Population

47,89744,998

Median household income

$53,441$71,979

Median home value

$389,800$567,300

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,473

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaumont	Palm Springs
Under 5	8.3%	2.3%
5 to 17	21.8%	6.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	16.5%	7.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	8.5%	22.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	19.5%
75 and over	5.2%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaumont	Palm Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	34.1%	62.5%
Black or African American	8.6%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	7.6%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	45.9%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaumont	Palm Springs
No high school diploma	10.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	23.6%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaumont	Palm Springs
Drove alone	76.6%	62.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.2%
Public transit	1.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.2%	24.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaumont	Palm Springs
1-unit, detached	88.5%	39.2%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	13.8%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	19.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Beaumont	Palm Springs
Poverty rate	9.2%	13.7%
Average household size	3.20	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	36	23
Median year structure built	2006	1978