Coachella vs Wildomar

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

Coachella and Wildomar 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 36,953 in Wildomar). Wildomar has the higher median household income ($95,677 vs $67,558 in Coachella). Wildomar has the higher median home value ($511,900 vs $341,300 in Coachella).

Population, income & housing

	Coachella	Wildomar
Population	42,594	36,953
Median age	33.4 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,558	$95,677
Median home value	$341,300	$511,900
Median gross rent	$1,115	$1,910
Housing units	12,543	11,112
Homeownership rate	65.9%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coachella	Wildomar
Population	45,181 → 42,594 (-5.7%)	36,445 → 36,953 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$34,224 → $67,558 (+97.4%)	$74,991 → $95,677 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$219,400 → $341,300 (+55.6%)	$356,700 → $511,900 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,115 (+26.8%)	$1,548 → $1,910 (+23.4%)

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

Wildomar

Population

36,44536,953

Median household income

$74,991$95,677

Median home value

$356,700$511,900

Median gross rent

$1,548$1,910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coachella	Wildomar
Under 5	5.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.9%	10.9%
25 to 34	16.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.0%	8.0%
75 and over	3.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coachella	Wildomar
White (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	41.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.6%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	96.8%	41.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coachella	Wildomar
No high school diploma	43.1%	14.6%
High school graduate	36.3%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coachella	Wildomar
Drove alone	80.0%	77.0%
Carpooled	13.6%	8.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.9%
Walked	2.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.1%	11.1%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coachella	Wildomar
1-unit, detached	72.2%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	4.5%
20 or more units	2.2%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Coachella	Wildomar
Poverty rate	10.6%	12.3%
Average household size	3.45	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	38
Median year structure built	1998	1994