Desert Palms vs Nuevo

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

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

Nuevo has the higher population (6,737 vs 6,522 in Desert Palms). Nuevo has the higher median household income ($92,443 vs $81,954 in Desert Palms). Desert Palms has the higher median home value ($526,500 vs $507,200 in Nuevo).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Palms	Nuevo
Population	6,522	6,737
Median age	76.2 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$81,954	$92,443
Median home value	$526,500	$507,200
Median gross rent	$2,175	$1,552
Housing units	5,093	1,923
Homeownership rate	83.8%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.9%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Palms	Nuevo
Population	6,755 → 6,522 (-3.4%)	7,182 → 6,737 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$60,221 → $81,954 (+36.1%)	$71,333 → $92,443 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$371,500 → $526,500 (+41.7%)	$324,600 → $507,200 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,320 → $2,175 (-6.3%)	$1,346 → $1,552 (+15.3%)

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

Nuevo

Population

7,1826,737

Median household income

$71,333$92,443

Median home value

$324,600$507,200

Median gross rent

$1,346$1,552

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Palms	Nuevo
Under 5	0.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	0.3%	21.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	0.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	0.4%	15.2%
45 to 54	1.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	32.0%	5.5%
75 and over	54.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Palms	Nuevo
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	21.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	69.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Palms	Nuevo
No high school diploma	4.5%	22.2%
High school graduate	18.6%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Palms	Nuevo
Drove alone	57.4%	78.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	38.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Palms	Nuevo
1-unit, detached	95.0%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Desert Palms	Nuevo
Poverty rate	9.4%	9.2%
Average household size	1.70	3.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	38
Median year structure built	1999	1990