Coachella vs French Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Coachella and French Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coachella has the higher population (42,594 vs 42,550 in French Valley). French Valley has the higher median household income ($132,605 vs $67,558 in Coachella). French Valley has the higher median home value ($637,800 vs $341,300 in Coachella).

Population, income & housing

	Coachella	French Valley
Population	42,594	42,550
Median age	33.4 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,558	$132,605
Median home value	$341,300	$637,800
Median gross rent	$1,115	$3,016
Housing units	12,543	11,539
Homeownership rate	65.9%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coachella	French Valley
Population	45,181 → 42,594 (-5.7%)	36,126 → 42,550 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$34,224 → $67,558 (+97.4%)	$111,052 → $132,605 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$219,400 → $341,300 (+55.6%)	$430,400 → $637,800 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,115 (+26.8%)	$2,114 → $3,016 (+42.7%)

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

French Valley

Population

36,12642,550

Median household income

$111,052$132,605

Median home value

$430,400$637,800

Median gross rent

$2,114$3,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coachella	French Valley
Under 5	5.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	20.4%	25.2%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	16.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.6%
65 to 74	6.0%	6.9%
75 and over	3.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coachella	French Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	37.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	8.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.9%
Asian	0.1%	13.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.6%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	96.8%	29.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coachella	French Valley
No high school diploma	43.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	36.3%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coachella	French Valley
Drove alone	80.0%	71.6%
Carpooled	13.6%	9.9%
Public transit	0.9%	0.4%
Walked	2.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	15.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coachella	French Valley
1-unit, detached	72.2%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	1.8%
20 or more units	2.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Coachella	French Valley
Poverty rate	10.6%	4.8%
Average household size	3.45	3.75
Mean commute (minutes)	23	41
Median year structure built	1998	2009