Desert Palms vs Homeland

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

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

Desert Palms has the higher population (6,522 vs 6,060 in Homeland). Desert Palms has the higher median household income ($81,954 vs $54,863 in Homeland). Desert Palms has the higher median home value ($526,500 vs $189,600 in Homeland).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Palms	Homeland
Population	6,522	6,060
Median age	76.2 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,954	$54,863
Median home value	$526,500	$189,600
Median gross rent	$2,175	$1,640
Housing units	5,093	2,294
Homeownership rate	83.8%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.9%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Palms	Homeland
Population	6,755 → 6,522 (-3.4%)	7,086 → 6,060 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$60,221 → $81,954 (+36.1%)	$49,180 → $54,863 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$371,500 → $526,500 (+41.7%)	$156,300 → $189,600 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,320 → $2,175 (-6.3%)	$1,088 → $1,640 (+50.7%)

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

Homeland

Population

7,0866,060

Median household income

$49,180$54,863

Median home value

$156,300$189,600

Median gross rent

$1,088$1,640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Palms	Homeland
Under 5	0.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	0.3%	21.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	0.2%	18.9%
35 to 44	0.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	1.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.0%	6.8%
65 to 74	32.0%	11.1%
75 and over	54.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Palms	Homeland
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	29.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	68.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Palms	Homeland
No high school diploma	4.5%	24.8%
High school graduate	18.6%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Palms	Homeland
Drove alone	57.4%	68.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	38.0%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Palms	Homeland
1-unit, detached	95.0%	24.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	74.0%

Poverty & households

	Desert Palms	Homeland
Poverty rate	9.4%	11.4%
Average household size	1.70	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	25	40
Median year structure built	1999	1978