Cherry Valley vs Thousand Palms

A side-by-side comparison of Cherry Valley and Thousand Palms: population, income, housing, and more.

Cherry Valley and Thousand Palms are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Thousand Palms has the higher population (7,662 vs 7,302 in Cherry Valley). Thousand Palms has the higher median household income ($80,280 vs $78,125 in Cherry Valley). Cherry Valley has the higher median home value ($358,000 vs $260,500 in Thousand Palms).

Population, income & housing

	Cherry Valley	Thousand Palms
Population	7,302	7,662
Median age	55.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,125	$80,280
Median home value	$358,000	$260,500
Median gross rent	$1,380	$1,432
Housing units	2,968	3,757
Homeownership rate	85.0%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherry Valley	Thousand Palms
Population	8,115 → 7,302 (-10.0%)	6,794 → 7,662 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$54,750 → $78,125 (+42.7%)	$52,697 → $80,280 (+52.3%)
Median home value	$276,100 → $358,000 (+29.7%)	$181,600 → $260,500 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,380 (+42.4%)	$1,143 → $1,432 (+25.3%)

Cherry Valley

Population

8,1157,302

Median household income

$54,750$78,125

Median home value

$276,100$358,000

Median gross rent

$969$1,380

Thousand Palms

Population

6,7947,662

Median household income

$52,697$80,280

Median home value

$181,600$260,500

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,432

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherry Valley	Thousand Palms
Under 5	4.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	11.2%	20.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	8.2%	7.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	19.3%	14.3%
75 and over	13.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherry Valley	Thousand Palms
White (non-Hispanic)	60.6%	32.0%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	1.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	63.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherry Valley	Thousand Palms
No high school diploma	15.4%	13.9%
High school graduate	28.2%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherry Valley	Thousand Palms
Drove alone	71.3%	80.9%
Carpooled	13.2%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	6.5%
Other means	3.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherry Valley	Thousand Palms
1-unit, detached	68.1%	46.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	50.5%

Poverty & households

	Cherry Valley	Thousand Palms
Poverty rate	13.9%	10.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	36	21
Median year structure built	1974	1984