Coachella vs San Jacinto

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

Coachella 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 42,594 in Coachella). San Jacinto has the higher median household income ($78,281 vs $67,558 in Coachella). San Jacinto has the higher median home value ($391,600 vs $341,300 in Coachella).

Population, income & housing

	Coachella	San Jacinto
Population	42,594	54,756
Median age	33.4 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,558	$78,281
Median home value	$341,300	$391,600
Median gross rent	$1,115	$1,633
Housing units	12,543	15,826
Homeownership rate	65.9%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coachella	San Jacinto
Population	45,181 → 42,594 (-5.7%)	47,989 → 54,756 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$34,224 → $67,558 (+97.4%)	$52,009 → $78,281 (+50.5%)
Median home value	$219,400 → $341,300 (+55.6%)	$241,000 → $391,600 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,115 (+26.8%)	$1,224 → $1,633 (+33.4%)

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

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)

	Coachella	San Jacinto
Under 5	5.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	20.4%	21.0%
18 to 24	10.9%	9.9%
25 to 34	16.2%	16.1%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.2%
75 and over	3.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coachella	San Jacinto
White (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	21.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	96.8%	64.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coachella	San Jacinto
No high school diploma	43.1%	22.6%
High school graduate	36.3%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coachella	San Jacinto
Drove alone	80.0%	76.3%
Carpooled	13.6%	11.5%
Public transit	0.9%	0.6%
Walked	2.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.1%	8.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coachella	San Jacinto
1-unit, detached	72.2%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	1.8%
20 or more units	2.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Coachella	San Jacinto
Poverty rate	10.6%	16.5%
Average household size	3.45	3.66
Mean commute (minutes)	23	42
Median year structure built	1998	2000