Desert Edge vs Indian Wells

A side-by-side comparison of Desert Edge and Indian Wells: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Indian Wells has the higher population (4,830 vs 3,642 in Desert Edge). Indian Wells has the higher median household income ($145,313 vs $40,089 in Desert Edge). Indian Wells has the higher median home value ($1,002,200 vs $56,900 in Desert Edge).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Edge	Indian Wells
Population	3,642	4,830
Median age	63.7 yrs	67.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,089	$145,313
Median home value	$56,900	$1,002,200
Median gross rent	$821	$1,029
Housing units	3,439	5,025
Homeownership rate	87.5%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	59.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Edge	Indian Wells
Population	3,319 → 3,642 (+9.7%)	5,370 → 4,830 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$31,604 → $40,089 (+26.8%)	$107,500 → $145,313 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$41,100 → $56,900 (+38.4%)	$722,500 → $1,002,200 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $821 (+17.3%)	$788 → $1,029 (+30.6%)

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

Indian Wells

Population

5,3704,830

Median household income

$107,500$145,313

Median home value

$722,500$1,002,200

Median gross rent

$788$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Edge	Indian Wells
Under 5	1.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	8.7%	5.1%
18 to 24	3.2%	1.1%
25 to 34	3.9%	4.5%
35 to 44	8.9%	4.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	3.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	22.6%
65 to 74	24.3%	23.8%
75 and over	22.7%	32.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Edge	Indian Wells
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	86.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Edge	Indian Wells
No high school diploma	13.7%	2.6%
High school graduate	29.1%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	29.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Edge	Indian Wells
Drove alone	62.4%	55.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	9.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.2%	28.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Edge	Indian Wells
1-unit, detached	6.0%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	25.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.3%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	93.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Desert Edge	Indian Wells
Poverty rate	17.3%	3.9%
Average household size	1.85	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1982	1989