Highgrove vs Thousand Palms

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

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

Thousand Palms has the higher population (7,662 vs 7,164 in Highgrove). Highgrove has the higher median household income ($109,657 vs $80,280 in Thousand Palms). Highgrove has the higher median home value ($594,400 vs $260,500 in Thousand Palms).

Population, income & housing

	Highgrove	Thousand Palms
Population	7,164	7,662
Median age	31.7 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$109,657	$80,280
Median home value	$594,400	$260,500
Median gross rent	$1,338	$1,432
Housing units	2,243	3,757
Homeownership rate	73.9%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highgrove	Thousand Palms
Population	5,786 → 7,164 (+23.8%)	6,794 → 7,662 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$61,494 → $109,657 (+78.3%)	$52,697 → $80,280 (+52.3%)
Median home value	$402,000 → $594,400 (+47.9%)	$181,600 → $260,500 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,095 → $1,338 (+22.2%)	$1,143 → $1,432 (+25.3%)

Highgrove

Population

5,7867,164

Median household income

$61,494$109,657

Median home value

$402,000$594,400

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,338

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)

	Highgrove	Thousand Palms
Under 5	8.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	20.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	16.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	7.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	4.3%	14.3%
75 and over	2.6%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highgrove	Thousand Palms
White (non-Hispanic)	19.8%	32.0%
Black or African American	10.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	13.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	53.0%	63.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highgrove	Thousand Palms
No high school diploma	10.2%	13.9%
High school graduate	22.9%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highgrove	Thousand Palms
Drove alone	77.1%	80.9%
Carpooled	15.2%	11.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	6.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highgrove	Thousand Palms
1-unit, detached	80.0%	46.0%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	50.5%

Poverty & households

	Highgrove	Thousand Palms
Poverty rate	11.0%	10.4%
Average household size	3.33	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	2003	1984