Desert Hot Springs vs Wildomar

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

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

Wildomar has the higher population (36,953 vs 32,786 in Desert Hot Springs). Wildomar has the higher median household income ($95,677 vs $50,349 in Desert Hot Springs). Wildomar has the higher median home value ($511,900 vs $309,300 in Desert Hot Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Hot Springs	Wildomar
Population	32,786	36,953
Median age	34.4 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,349	$95,677
Median home value	$309,300	$511,900
Median gross rent	$1,339	$1,910
Housing units	12,786	11,112
Homeownership rate	49.9%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Hot Springs	Wildomar
Population	28,585 → 32,786 (+14.7%)	36,445 → 36,953 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$33,046 → $50,349 (+52.4%)	$74,991 → $95,677 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$194,500 → $309,300 (+59.0%)	$356,700 → $511,900 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,339 (+39.0%)	$1,548 → $1,910 (+23.4%)

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

Wildomar

Population

36,44536,953

Median household income

$74,991$95,677

Median home value

$356,700$511,900

Median gross rent

$1,548$1,910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Hot Springs	Wildomar
Under 5	7.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	11.1%	10.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.0%
75 and over	4.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Hot Springs	Wildomar
White (non-Hispanic)	23.2%	41.5%
Black or African American	8.2%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.5%
Asian	1.6%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	63.1%	41.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Hot Springs	Wildomar
No high school diploma	19.0%	14.6%
High school graduate	34.2%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Hot Springs	Wildomar
Drove alone	75.4%	77.0%
Carpooled	15.9%	8.7%
Public transit	1.7%	0.9%
Walked	0.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.9%	11.1%
Other means	0.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Hot Springs	Wildomar
1-unit, detached	66.1%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	4.5%
20 or more units	2.6%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Desert Hot Springs	Wildomar
Poverty rate	19.2%	12.3%
Average household size	2.85	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	29	38
Median year structure built	1989	1994