Cathedral City vs Coachella

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

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

Cathedral City has the higher population (52,047 vs 42,594 in Coachella). Coachella has the higher median household income ($67,558 vs $67,031 in Cathedral City). Cathedral City has the higher median home value ($420,700 vs $341,300 in Coachella).

Population, income & housing

	Cathedral City	Coachella
Population	52,047	42,594
Median age	40.9 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,031	$67,558
Median home value	$420,700	$341,300
Median gross rent	$1,554	$1,115
Housing units	23,114	12,543
Homeownership rate	65.3%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cathedral City	Coachella
Population	54,357 → 52,047 (-4.2%)	45,181 → 42,594 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$46,521 → $67,031 (+44.1%)	$34,224 → $67,558 (+97.4%)
Median home value	$279,500 → $420,700 (+50.5%)	$219,400 → $341,300 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,193 → $1,554 (+30.3%)	$879 → $1,115 (+26.8%)

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

Coachella

Population

45,18142,594

Median household income

$34,224$67,558

Median home value

$219,400$341,300

Median gross rent

$879$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cathedral City	Coachella
Under 5	4.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	6.0%
75 and over	8.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cathedral City	Coachella
White (non-Hispanic)	30.5%	1.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	6.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	58.9%	96.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cathedral City	Coachella
No high school diploma	19.1%	43.1%
High school graduate	27.7%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	15.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cathedral City	Coachella
Drove alone	73.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	13.5%	13.6%
Public transit	1.2%	0.9%
Walked	1.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.8%	2.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cathedral City	Coachella
1-unit, detached	57.0%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	11.4%
20 or more units	3.8%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Cathedral City	Coachella
Poverty rate	15.3%	10.6%
Average household size	2.69	3.45
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1987	1998