Desert Edge vs Winchester

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

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

Winchester has the higher population (3,716 vs 3,642 in Desert Edge). Winchester has the higher median household income ($75,353 vs $40,089 in Desert Edge). Winchester has the higher median home value ($429,500 vs $56,900 in Desert Edge).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Edge	Winchester
Population	3,642	3,716
Median age	63.7 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,089	$75,353
Median home value	$56,900	$429,500
Median gross rent	$821	$1,479
Housing units	3,439	1,129
Homeownership rate	87.5%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Edge	Winchester
Population	3,319 → 3,642 (+9.7%)	3,322 → 3,716 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$31,604 → $40,089 (+26.8%)	$56,591 → $75,353 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$41,100 → $56,900 (+38.4%)	$315,500 → $429,500 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $821 (+17.3%)	$1,272 → $1,479 (+16.3%)

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

Winchester

Population

3,3223,716

Median household income

$56,591$75,353

Median home value

$315,500$429,500

Median gross rent

$1,272$1,479

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Edge	Winchester
Under 5	1.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	8.7%	11.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	14.2%
25 to 34	3.9%	19.9%
35 to 44	8.9%	6.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	19.2%
65 to 74	24.3%	6.1%
75 and over	22.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Edge	Winchester
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	31.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	15.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	49.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Edge	Winchester
No high school diploma	13.7%	27.7%
High school graduate	29.1%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Edge	Winchester
Drove alone	62.4%	70.7%
Carpooled	9.2%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Edge	Winchester
1-unit, detached	6.0%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	93.2%	33.0%

Poverty & households

	Desert Edge	Winchester
Poverty rate	17.3%	4.0%
Average household size	1.85	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	44
Median year structure built	1982	1988