Desert Edge vs Sage

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

Desert Edge and Sage 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 3,474 in Sage). Sage has the higher median household income ($88,879 vs $40,089 in Desert Edge). Sage has the higher median home value ($516,700 vs $56,900 in Desert Edge).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Edge	Sage
Population	3,642	3,474
Median age	63.7 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,089	$88,879
Median home value	$56,900	$516,700
Median gross rent	$821	$1,172
Housing units	3,439	1,238
Homeownership rate	87.5%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Edge	Sage
Population	3,319 → 3,642 (+9.7%)	2,814 → 3,474 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$31,604 → $40,089 (+26.8%)	$54,497 → $88,879 (+63.1%)
Median home value	$41,100 → $56,900 (+38.4%)	$358,700 → $516,700 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $821 (+17.3%)	$1,357 → $1,172 (-13.6%)

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

Sage

Population

2,8143,474

Median household income

$54,497$88,879

Median home value

$358,700$516,700

Median gross rent

$1,357$1,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Edge	Sage
Under 5	1.4%	13.5%
5 to 17	8.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	3.2%	0.7%
25 to 34	3.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	8.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	24.3%	10.1%
75 and over	22.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Edge	Sage
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	45.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	42.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Edge	Sage
No high school diploma	13.7%	3.4%
High school graduate	29.1%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Edge	Sage
Drove alone	62.4%	74.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.6%
Worked from home	20.2%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Edge	Sage
1-unit, detached	6.0%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	93.2%	29.3%

Poverty & households

	Desert Edge	Sage
Poverty rate	17.3%	17.7%
Average household size	1.85	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	22	46
Median year structure built	1982	1984