Mecca vs Thousand Palms

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

Mecca 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 7,071 in Mecca). Thousand Palms has the higher median household income ($80,280 vs $45,011 in Mecca). Thousand Palms has the higher median home value ($260,500 vs $222,000 in Mecca).

Population, income & housing

	Mecca	Thousand Palms
Population	7,071	7,662
Median age	33.2 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,011	$80,280
Median home value	$222,000	$260,500
Median gross rent	$900	$1,432
Housing units	2,453	3,757
Homeownership rate	53.0%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mecca	Thousand Palms
Population	6,635 → 7,071 (+6.6%)	6,794 → 7,662 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$23,600 → $45,011 (+90.7%)	$52,697 → $80,280 (+52.3%)
Median home value	$158,500 → $222,000 (+40.1%)	$181,600 → $260,500 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $900 (+52.5%)	$1,143 → $1,432 (+25.3%)

Mecca

Population

6,6357,071

Median household income

$23,600$45,011

Median home value

$158,500$222,000

Median gross rent

$590$900

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)

	Mecca	Thousand Palms
Under 5	2.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	24.6%	20.1%
18 to 24	10.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	7.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	14.3%
75 and over	2.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mecca	Thousand Palms
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	32.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	99.0%	63.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mecca	Thousand Palms
No high school diploma	63.4%	13.9%
High school graduate	19.3%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	13.0%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mecca	Thousand Palms
Drove alone	69.5%	80.9%
Carpooled	24.6%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.5%
Other means	0.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mecca	Thousand Palms
1-unit, detached	38.1%	46.0%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	20.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	24.6%	50.5%

Poverty & households

	Mecca	Thousand Palms
Poverty rate	19.3%	10.4%
Average household size	3.25	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1996	1984