Desert Hot Springs vs Temescal Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Desert Hot Springs and Temescal Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Desert Hot Springs has the higher population (32,786 vs 28,560 in Temescal Valley). Temescal Valley has the higher median household income ($119,647 vs $50,349 in Desert Hot Springs). Temescal Valley has the higher median home value ($648,200 vs $309,300 in Desert Hot Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Hot Springs	Temescal Valley
Population	32,786	28,560
Median age	34.4 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,349	$119,647
Median home value	$309,300	$648,200
Median gross rent	$1,339	$2,794
Housing units	12,786	9,178
Homeownership rate	49.9%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Hot Springs	Temescal Valley
Population	28,585 → 32,786 (+14.7%)	27,630 → 28,560 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$33,046 → $50,349 (+52.4%)	$108,934 → $119,647 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$194,500 → $309,300 (+59.0%)	$453,600 → $648,200 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,339 (+39.0%)	$2,361 → $2,794 (+18.3%)

Desert Hot Springs

Population

28,58532,786

Median household income

$33,046$50,349

Median home value

$194,500$309,300

Median gross rent

$963$1,339

Temescal Valley

Population

27,63028,560

Median household income

$108,934$119,647

Median home value

$453,600$648,200

Median gross rent

$2,361$2,794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Hot Springs	Temescal Valley
Under 5	7.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	11.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	15.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.1%
75 and over	4.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Hot Springs	Temescal Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	23.2%	40.8%
Black or African American	8.2%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	63.1%	34.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Hot Springs	Temescal Valley
No high school diploma	19.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	34.2%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Hot Springs	Temescal Valley
Drove alone	75.4%	75.3%
Carpooled	15.9%	7.0%
Public transit	1.7%	0.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.9%	16.0%
Other means	0.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Hot Springs	Temescal Valley
1-unit, detached	66.1%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Desert Hot Springs	Temescal Valley
Poverty rate	19.2%	6.3%
Average household size	2.85	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	29	43
Median year structure built	1989	2003