Indio Hills vs Whitewater

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

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

Whitewater has the higher population (1,254 vs 841 in Indio Hills). Whitewater has the higher median household income ($76,974 vs $48,988 in Indio Hills). Indio Hills has the higher median home value ($356,600 vs $273,600 in Whitewater).

Population, income & housing

	Indio Hills	Whitewater
Population	841	1,254
Median age	43.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,988	$76,974
Median home value	$356,600	$273,600
Median gross rent	$1,558	$1,201
Housing units	242	402
Homeownership rate	90.5%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	22.1%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indio Hills	Whitewater
Population	782 → 841 (+7.5%)	890 → 1,254 (+40.9%)
Median household income	$45,729 → $48,988 (+7.1%)	$39,653 → $76,974 (+94.1%)
Median home value	$191,300 → $356,600 (+86.4%)	$192,400 → $273,600 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,583 → $1,558 (-1.6%)	$1,229 → $1,201 (-2.3%)

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

Whitewater

Population

8901,254

Median household income

$39,653$76,974

Median home value

$192,400$273,600

Median gross rent

$1,229$1,201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indio Hills	Whitewater
Under 5	11.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	11.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	13.5%
25 to 34	6.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	16.3%	15.7%
45 to 54	18.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	6.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.3%
75 and over	8.2%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indio Hills	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	27.3%	31.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
Asian	0.1%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	64.1%	56.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indio Hills	Whitewater
No high school diploma	43.5%	16.4%
High school graduate	50.8%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	5.8%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indio Hills	Whitewater
Drove alone	57.5%	72.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	42.5%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indio Hills	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	100.0%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
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%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Indio Hills	Whitewater
Poverty rate	4.1%	22.5%
Average household size	3.46	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1961	2001