Indio Hills vs Mountain Center

A side-by-side comparison of Indio Hills and Mountain Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Indio Hills and Mountain Center are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Indio Hills has the higher population (841 vs 50 in Mountain Center). Indio Hills has the higher median household income ($48,988 vs $43,977 in Mountain Center).

Population, income & housing

	Indio Hills	Mountain Center
Population	841	50
Median age	43.0 yrs	72.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,988	$43,977
Median home value	$356,600	—
Median gross rent	$1,558	—
Housing units	242	43
Homeownership rate	90.5%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	22.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indio Hills	Mountain Center
Population	782 → 841 (+7.5%)	0 → 50 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$45,729 → $48,988 (+7.1%)	$41,786 → $43,977 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$191,300 → $356,600 (+86.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,583 → $1,558 (-1.6%)	—

Indio Hills

Population

782841

Median household income

$45,729$48,988

Median home value

$191,300$356,600

Median gross rent

$1,583$1,558

Mountain Center

Population

050

Median household income

$41,786$43,977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indio Hills	Mountain Center
Under 5	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	18.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	6.1%	26.0%
65 to 74	13.9%	74.0%
75 and over	8.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indio Hills	Mountain Center
White (non-Hispanic)	27.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	64.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indio Hills	Mountain Center
No high school diploma	43.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	50.8%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	5.8%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indio Hills	Mountain Center
Drove alone	57.5%	71.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	42.5%	28.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indio Hills	Mountain Center
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Indio Hills	Mountain Center
Poverty rate	4.1%	0.0%
Average household size	3.46	1.16
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1961	1946