Desert Edge vs Idyllwild-Pine Cove

A side-by-side comparison of Desert Edge and Idyllwild-Pine Cove: population, income, housing, and more.

Desert Edge and Idyllwild-Pine Cove are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Idyllwild-Pine Cove has the higher population (3,762 vs 3,642 in Desert Edge). Idyllwild-Pine Cove has the higher median household income ($83,205 vs $40,089 in Desert Edge). Idyllwild-Pine Cove has the higher median home value ($485,300 vs $56,900 in Desert Edge).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Edge	Idyllwild-Pine Cove
Population	3,642	3,762
Median age	63.7 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,089	$83,205
Median home value	$56,900	$485,300
Median gross rent	$821	$1,415
Housing units	3,439	4,117
Homeownership rate	87.5%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Edge	Idyllwild-Pine Cove
Population	3,319 → 3,642 (+9.7%)	2,510 → 3,762 (+49.9%)
Median household income	$31,604 → $40,089 (+26.8%)	$78,977 → $83,205 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$41,100 → $56,900 (+38.4%)	$335,100 → $485,300 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $821 (+17.3%)	$1,139 → $1,415 (+24.2%)

Desert Edge

Population

3,3193,642

Median household income

$31,604$40,089

Median home value

$41,100$56,900

Median gross rent

$700$821

Idyllwild-Pine Cove

Population

2,5103,762

Median household income

$78,977$83,205

Median home value

$335,100$485,300

Median gross rent

$1,139$1,415

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Edge	Idyllwild-Pine Cove
Under 5	1.4%	2.4%
5 to 17	8.7%	11.3%
18 to 24	3.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	3.9%	8.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	15.8%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	24.3%	13.6%
75 and over	22.7%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Edge	Idyllwild-Pine Cove
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	57.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	2.9%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Edge	Idyllwild-Pine Cove
No high school diploma	13.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	29.1%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Edge	Idyllwild-Pine Cove
Drove alone	62.4%	53.7%
Carpooled	9.2%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	24.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Edge	Idyllwild-Pine Cove
1-unit, detached	6.0%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	93.2%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Desert Edge	Idyllwild-Pine Cove
Poverty rate	17.3%	12.1%
Average household size	1.85	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1982	1968