Good Hope vs Thousand Palms

A side-by-side comparison of Good Hope and Thousand Palms: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Good Hope has the higher population (8,315 vs 7,662 in Thousand Palms). Thousand Palms has the higher median household income ($80,280 vs $56,328 in Good Hope). Good Hope has the higher median home value ($319,600 vs $260,500 in Thousand Palms).

Population, income & housing

	Good Hope	Thousand Palms
Population	8,315	7,662
Median age	32.2 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,328	$80,280
Median home value	$319,600	$260,500
Median gross rent	$1,451	$1,432
Housing units	2,371	3,757
Homeownership rate	51.0%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Good Hope	Thousand Palms
Population	9,195 → 8,315 (-9.6%)	6,794 → 7,662 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$47,927 → $56,328 (+17.5%)	$52,697 → $80,280 (+52.3%)
Median home value	$233,600 → $319,600 (+36.8%)	$181,600 → $260,500 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,121 → $1,451 (+29.4%)	$1,143 → $1,432 (+25.3%)

Good Hope

Population

9,1958,315

Median household income

$47,927$56,328

Median home value

$233,600$319,600

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,451

Thousand Palms

Population

6,7947,662

Median household income

$52,697$80,280

Median home value

$181,600$260,500

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,432

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Good Hope	Thousand Palms
Under 5	6.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	10.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	17.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	5.5%	14.3%
75 and over	4.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Good Hope	Thousand Palms
White (non-Hispanic)	8.8%	32.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	86.7%	63.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Good Hope	Thousand Palms
No high school diploma	35.1%	13.9%
High school graduate	37.4%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Good Hope	Thousand Palms
Drove alone	82.4%	80.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	11.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	6.5%
Other means	3.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Good Hope	Thousand Palms
1-unit, detached	37.4%	46.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	59.0%	50.5%

Poverty & households

	Good Hope	Thousand Palms
Poverty rate	27.6%	10.4%
Average household size	3.93	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	34	21
Median year structure built	1984	1984