Coachella vs La Quinta

A side-by-side comparison of Coachella and La Quinta: population, income, housing, and more.

Coachella and La Quinta 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 38,299 in La Quinta). La Quinta has the higher median household income ($97,628 vs $67,558 in Coachella). La Quinta has the higher median home value ($612,800 vs $341,300 in Coachella).

Population, income & housing

	Coachella	La Quinta
Population	42,594	38,299
Median age	33.4 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,558	$97,628
Median home value	$341,300	$612,800
Median gross rent	$1,115	$1,747
Housing units	12,543	24,669
Homeownership rate	65.9%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coachella	La Quinta
Population	45,181 → 42,594 (-5.7%)	41,076 → 38,299 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$34,224 → $67,558 (+97.4%)	$77,839 → $97,628 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$219,400 → $341,300 (+55.6%)	$398,200 → $612,800 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,115 (+26.8%)	$1,449 → $1,747 (+20.6%)

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

La Quinta

Population

41,07638,299

Median household income

$77,839$97,628

Median home value

$398,200$612,800

Median gross rent

$1,449$1,747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coachella	La Quinta
Under 5	5.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	10.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	16.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	15.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	6.0%	17.6%
75 and over	3.0%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coachella	La Quinta
White (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	53.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	96.8%	37.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coachella	La Quinta
No high school diploma	43.1%	8.2%
High school graduate	36.3%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coachella	La Quinta
Drove alone	80.0%	73.2%
Carpooled	13.6%	8.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.4%
Walked	2.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.1%	15.2%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coachella	La Quinta
1-unit, detached	72.2%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	2.2%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Coachella	La Quinta
Poverty rate	10.6%	9.1%
Average household size	3.45	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1998	1999