Cathedral City vs San Jacinto

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

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

San Jacinto has the higher population (54,756 vs 52,047 in Cathedral City). San Jacinto has the higher median household income ($78,281 vs $67,031 in Cathedral City). Cathedral City has the higher median home value ($420,700 vs $391,600 in San Jacinto).

Population, income & housing

	Cathedral City	San Jacinto
Population	52,047	54,756
Median age	40.9 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,031	$78,281
Median home value	$420,700	$391,600
Median gross rent	$1,554	$1,633
Housing units	23,114	15,826
Homeownership rate	65.3%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cathedral City	San Jacinto
Population	54,357 → 52,047 (-4.2%)	47,989 → 54,756 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$46,521 → $67,031 (+44.1%)	$52,009 → $78,281 (+50.5%)
Median home value	$279,500 → $420,700 (+50.5%)	$241,000 → $391,600 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,193 → $1,554 (+30.3%)	$1,224 → $1,633 (+33.4%)

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

San Jacinto

Population

47,98954,756

Median household income

$52,009$78,281

Median home value

$241,000$391,600

Median gross rent

$1,224$1,633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cathedral City	San Jacinto
Under 5	4.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	21.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	9.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.2%
75 and over	8.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cathedral City	San Jacinto
White (non-Hispanic)	30.5%	21.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	6.1%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.6%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	58.9%	64.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cathedral City	San Jacinto
No high school diploma	19.1%	22.6%
High school graduate	27.7%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cathedral City	San Jacinto
Drove alone	73.8%	76.3%
Carpooled	13.5%	11.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.6%
Walked	1.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.8%	8.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cathedral City	San Jacinto
1-unit, detached	57.0%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	3.8%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Cathedral City	San Jacinto
Poverty rate	15.3%	16.5%
Average household size	2.69	3.66
Mean commute (minutes)	20	42
Median year structure built	1987	2000