Desert Center vs Indio Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Desert Center and Indio Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Desert Center and Indio Hills are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Indio Hills has the higher population (841 vs 167 in Desert Center). Desert Center has the higher median household income ($72,857 vs $48,988 in Indio Hills). Indio Hills has the higher median home value ($356,600 vs $221,200 in Desert Center).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Center	Indio Hills
Population	167	841
Median age	49.2 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,857	$48,988
Median home value	$221,200	$356,600
Median gross rent	$1,192	$1,558
Housing units	201	242
Homeownership rate	67.2%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	15.0%	22.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Center	Indio Hills
Population	216 → 167 (-22.7%)	782 → 841 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$32,292 → $72,857 (+125.6%)	$45,729 → $48,988 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$113,400 → $221,200 (+95.1%)	$191,300 → $356,600 (+86.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,583 → $1,558 (-1.6%)

Desert Center

Population

216167

Median household income

$32,292$72,857

Median home value

$113,400$221,200

Indio Hills

Population

782841

Median household income

$45,729$48,988

Median home value

$191,300$356,600

Median gross rent

$1,583$1,558

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Center	Indio Hills
Under 5	4.8%	11.2%
5 to 17	4.2%	11.2%
18 to 24	3.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	19.8%	6.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	16.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	18.9%
55 to 64	20.4%	6.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	13.9%
75 and over	11.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Center	Indio Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	27.3%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	37.1%	64.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Center	Indio Hills
No high school diploma	1.4%	43.5%
High school graduate	59.9%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	5.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Center	Indio Hills
Drove alone	58.8%	57.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	29.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	42.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Center	Indio Hills
1-unit, detached	39.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	60.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Desert Center	Indio Hills
Poverty rate	29.9%	4.1%
Average household size	2.58	3.46
Mean commute (minutes)	12	28
Median year structure built	1987	1961