Blythe vs Rancho Mirage

A side-by-side comparison of Blythe and Rancho Mirage: population, income, housing, and more.

Blythe and Rancho Mirage are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blythe has the higher population (17,824 vs 17,375 in Rancho Mirage). Rancho Mirage has the higher median household income ($109,943 vs $51,984 in Blythe). Rancho Mirage has the higher median home value ($747,800 vs $203,800 in Blythe).

Population, income & housing

	Blythe	Rancho Mirage
Population	17,824	17,375
Median age	36.6 yrs	65.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,984	$109,943
Median home value	$203,800	$747,800
Median gross rent	$900	$1,575
Housing units	5,144	14,936
Homeownership rate	59.7%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blythe	Rancho Mirage
Population	19,643 → 17,824 (-9.3%)	18,193 → 17,375 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$45,385 → $51,984 (+14.5%)	$78,682 → $109,943 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $203,800 (+35.9%)	$498,700 → $747,800 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $900 (+17.0%)	$1,191 → $1,575 (+32.2%)

Blythe

Population

19,64317,824

Median household income

$45,385$51,984

Median home value

$150,000$203,800

Median gross rent

$769$900

Rancho Mirage

Population

18,19317,375

Median household income

$78,682$109,943

Median home value

$498,700$747,800

Median gross rent

$1,191$1,575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blythe	Rancho Mirage
Under 5	5.1%	2.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	7.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	3.0%
25 to 34	18.6%	3.7%
35 to 44	19.2%	6.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	18.3%
65 to 74	5.5%	23.4%
75 and over	4.4%	26.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blythe	Rancho Mirage
White (non-Hispanic)	24.4%	76.8%
Black or African American	11.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.4%
Asian	2.4%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	58.6%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blythe	Rancho Mirage
No high school diploma	30.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	26.2%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blythe	Rancho Mirage
Drove alone	77.7%	64.2%
Carpooled	14.7%	4.7%
Public transit	1.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.8%	26.9%
Other means	1.2%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blythe	Rancho Mirage
1-unit, detached	61.4%	57.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	26.6%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	2.7%
20 or more units	6.1%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Blythe	Rancho Mirage
Poverty rate	19.5%	10.9%
Average household size	2.78	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1979	1987