Desert Palms vs Garnet

A side-by-side comparison of Desert Palms and Garnet: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garnet has the higher population (6,979 vs 6,522 in Desert Palms). Desert Palms has the higher median household income ($81,954 vs $63,082 in Garnet). Desert Palms has the higher median home value ($526,500 vs $237,800 in Garnet).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Palms	Garnet
Population	6,522	6,979
Median age	76.2 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,954	$63,082
Median home value	$526,500	$237,800
Median gross rent	$2,175	$1,627
Housing units	5,093	2,278
Homeownership rate	83.8%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.9%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Palms	Garnet
Population	6,755 → 6,522 (-3.4%)	5,285 → 6,979 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$60,221 → $81,954 (+36.1%)	$38,654 → $63,082 (+63.2%)
Median home value	$371,500 → $526,500 (+41.7%)	$180,900 → $237,800 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,320 → $2,175 (-6.3%)	$1,315 → $1,627 (+23.7%)

Desert Palms

Population

6,7556,522

Median household income

$60,221$81,954

Median home value

$371,500$526,500

Median gross rent

$2,320$2,175

Garnet

Population

5,2856,979

Median household income

$38,654$63,082

Median home value

$180,900$237,800

Median gross rent

$1,315$1,627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Palms	Garnet
Under 5	0.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	0.3%	21.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	0.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	0.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	1.5%	16.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	10.6%
65 to 74	32.0%	9.4%
75 and over	54.4%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Palms	Garnet
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	15.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	80.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Palms	Garnet
No high school diploma	4.5%	39.5%
High school graduate	18.6%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Palms	Garnet
Drove alone	57.4%	79.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	38.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Palms	Garnet
1-unit, detached	95.0%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Desert Palms	Garnet
Poverty rate	9.4%	16.3%
Average household size	1.70	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1999	1994