Desert Edge vs North Shore

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

Desert Edge and North Shore 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 3,373 in North Shore). North Shore has the higher median household income ($43,208 vs $40,089 in Desert Edge). North Shore has the higher median home value ($193,000 vs $56,900 in Desert Edge).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Edge	North Shore
Population	3,642	3,373
Median age	63.7 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,089	$43,208
Median home value	$56,900	$193,000
Median gross rent	$821	$1,362
Housing units	3,439	1,104
Homeownership rate	87.5%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	0.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Edge	North Shore
Population	3,319 → 3,642 (+9.7%)	2,756 → 3,373 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$31,604 → $40,089 (+26.8%)	$22,000 → $43,208 (+96.4%)
Median home value	$41,100 → $56,900 (+38.4%)	$133,600 → $193,000 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $821 (+17.3%)	—

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

North Shore

Population

2,7563,373

Median household income

$22,000$43,208

Median home value

$133,600$193,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Edge	North Shore
Under 5	1.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	8.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	3.2%	22.6%
25 to 34	3.9%	7.9%
35 to 44	8.9%	16.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.0%
65 to 74	24.3%	6.8%
75 and over	22.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Edge	North Shore
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	0.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	98.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Edge	North Shore
No high school diploma	13.7%	66.2%
High school graduate	29.1%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	0.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Edge	North Shore
Drove alone	62.4%	62.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	37.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Edge	North Shore
1-unit, detached	6.0%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	93.2%	34.2%

Poverty & households

	Desert Edge	North Shore
Poverty rate	17.3%	3.6%
Average household size	1.85	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1982	1977