Desert Edge vs Oasis

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

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

Oasis has the higher population (4,455 vs 3,642 in Desert Edge). Desert Edge has the higher median household income ($40,089 vs $36,553 in Oasis). Desert Edge has the higher median home value ($56,900 vs $35,600 in Oasis).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Edge	Oasis
Population	3,642	4,455
Median age	63.7 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,089	$36,553
Median home value	$56,900	$35,600
Median gross rent	$821	$846
Housing units	3,439	1,341
Homeownership rate	87.5%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	1.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	16.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Edge	Oasis
Population	3,319 → 3,642 (+9.7%)	2,857 → 4,455 (+55.9%)
Median household income	$31,604 → $40,089 (+26.8%)	$19,457 → $36,553 (+87.9%)
Median home value	$41,100 → $56,900 (+38.4%)	$28,100 → $35,600 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $821 (+17.3%)	$607 → $846 (+39.4%)

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

Oasis

Population

2,8574,455

Median household income

$19,457$36,553

Median home value

$28,100$35,600

Median gross rent

$607$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Edge	Oasis
Under 5	1.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	8.7%	23.7%
18 to 24	3.2%	18.0%
25 to 34	3.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	5.8%
65 to 74	24.3%	3.5%
75 and over	22.7%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Edge	Oasis
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	0.8%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	2.9%	0.8%
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%	96.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Edge	Oasis
No high school diploma	13.7%	74.4%
High school graduate	29.1%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	10.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	0.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Edge	Oasis
Drove alone	62.4%	64.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	26.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	8.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	20.2%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Edge	Oasis
1-unit, detached	6.0%	15.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	93.2%	83.2%

Poverty & households

	Desert Edge	Oasis
Poverty rate	17.3%	37.5%
Average household size	1.85	3.68
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1982	1985