Indio vs Lake Elsinore

A side-by-side comparison of Indio and Lake Elsinore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Indio has the higher population (90,669 vs 71,516 in Lake Elsinore). Lake Elsinore has the higher median household income ($96,527 vs $78,709 in Indio). Lake Elsinore has the higher median home value ($505,700 vs $424,700 in Indio).

Population, income & housing

	Indio	Lake Elsinore
Population	90,669	71,516
Median age	38.2 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,709	$96,527
Median home value	$424,700	$505,700
Median gross rent	$1,392	$1,915
Housing units	36,815	21,554
Homeownership rate	68.3%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indio	Lake Elsinore
Population	89,469 → 90,669 (+1.3%)	65,817 → 71,516 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$53,669 → $78,709 (+46.7%)	$71,476 → $96,527 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$281,400 → $424,700 (+50.9%)	$352,600 → $505,700 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,084 → $1,392 (+28.4%)	$1,476 → $1,915 (+29.7%)

Indio

Population

89,46990,669

Median household income

$53,669$78,709

Median home value

$281,400$424,700

Median gross rent

$1,084$1,392

Lake Elsinore

Population

65,81771,516

Median household income

$71,476$96,527

Median home value

$352,600$505,700

Median gross rent

$1,476$1,915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indio	Lake Elsinore
Under 5	4.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.5%	20.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	6.7%
75 and over	8.5%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indio	Lake Elsinore
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	30.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	68.9%	52.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indio	Lake Elsinore
No high school diploma	24.6%	17.1%
High school graduate	27.6%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indio	Lake Elsinore
Drove alone	79.7%	70.4%
Carpooled	12.8%	14.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.0%	11.8%
Other means	1.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indio	Lake Elsinore
1-unit, detached	68.2%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	6.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Indio	Lake Elsinore
Poverty rate	11.6%	9.4%
Average household size	2.89	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	42
Median year structure built	2000	2002