Desert Edge vs Meadowbrook

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

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

Desert Edge has the higher population (3,642 vs 3,368 in Meadowbrook). Meadowbrook has the higher median household income ($58,250 vs $40,089 in Desert Edge). Meadowbrook has the higher median home value ($323,800 vs $56,900 in Desert Edge).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Edge	Meadowbrook
Population	3,642	3,368
Median age	63.7 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,089	$58,250
Median home value	$56,900	$323,800
Median gross rent	$821	$1,499
Housing units	3,439	1,088
Homeownership rate	87.5%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Edge	Meadowbrook
Population	3,319 → 3,642 (+9.7%)	3,414 → 3,368 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$31,604 → $40,089 (+26.8%)	$51,512 → $58,250 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$41,100 → $56,900 (+38.4%)	$214,300 → $323,800 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $821 (+17.3%)	$1,173 → $1,499 (+27.8%)

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

Meadowbrook

Population

3,4143,368

Median household income

$51,512$58,250

Median home value

$214,300$323,800

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,499

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Edge	Meadowbrook
Under 5	1.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	8.7%	20.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	10.7%
25 to 34	3.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	8.9%	7.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	15.4%
55 to 64	15.8%	17.5%
65 to 74	24.3%	4.6%
75 and over	22.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Edge	Meadowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	18.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	76.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Edge	Meadowbrook
No high school diploma	13.7%	41.0%
High school graduate	29.1%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Edge	Meadowbrook
Drove alone	62.4%	80.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	8.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Edge	Meadowbrook
1-unit, detached	6.0%	37.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	93.2%	57.4%

Poverty & households

	Desert Edge	Meadowbrook
Poverty rate	17.3%	11.8%
Average household size	1.85	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	39
Median year structure built	1982	1986