Rancho Mirage vs Valle Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Rancho Mirage and Valle Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

Rancho Mirage and Valle Vista are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Valle Vista has the higher population (19,263 vs 17,375 in Rancho Mirage). Rancho Mirage has the higher median household income ($109,943 vs $61,799 in Valle Vista). Rancho Mirage has the higher median home value ($747,800 vs $315,400 in Valle Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Rancho Mirage	Valle Vista
Population	17,375	19,263
Median age	65.0 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$109,943	$61,799
Median home value	$747,800	$315,400
Median gross rent	$1,575	$1,666
Housing units	14,936	6,918
Homeownership rate	82.1%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rancho Mirage	Valle Vista
Population	18,193 → 17,375 (-4.5%)	17,663 → 19,263 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$78,682 → $109,943 (+39.7%)	$53,327 → $61,799 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$498,700 → $747,800 (+49.9%)	$184,600 → $315,400 (+70.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,191 → $1,575 (+32.2%)	$1,173 → $1,666 (+42.0%)

Rancho Mirage

Population

18,19317,375

Median household income

$78,682$109,943

Median home value

$498,700$747,800

Median gross rent

$1,191$1,575

Valle Vista

Population

17,66319,263

Median household income

$53,327$61,799

Median home value

$184,600$315,400

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,666

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rancho Mirage	Valle Vista
Under 5	2.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	7.3%	21.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	3.7%	15.0%
35 to 44	6.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	18.3%	9.5%
65 to 74	23.4%	7.6%
75 and over	26.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rancho Mirage	Valle Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	42.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.2%
Asian	3.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	48.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rancho Mirage	Valle Vista
No high school diploma	5.1%	21.0%
High school graduate	17.6%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rancho Mirage	Valle Vista
Drove alone	64.2%	73.1%
Carpooled	4.7%	13.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	26.9%	9.6%
Other means	2.5%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rancho Mirage	Valle Vista
1-unit, detached	57.2%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	26.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	37.8%

Poverty & households

	Rancho Mirage	Valle Vista
Poverty rate	10.9%	18.3%
Average household size	1.97	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	26	38
Median year structure built	1987	1982