Thermal vs Warm Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Thermal and Warm Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Thermal and Warm Springs are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Warm Springs has the higher population (1,502 vs 1,420 in Thermal). Warm Springs has the higher median home value ($321,400 vs $183,200 in Thermal). Since 2019, Thermal's population has grown faster (+6.5% vs -19.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Thermal	Warm Springs
Population	1,420	1,502
Median age	37.0 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$75,114
Median home value	$183,200	$321,400
Median gross rent	$922	$1,661
Housing units	791	517
Homeownership rate	61.6%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thermal	Warm Springs
Population	1,333 → 1,420 (+6.5%)	1,874 → 1,502 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$30,433 → $14,500 (-52.4%)	$50,931 → $75,114 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$150,200 → $183,200 (+22.0%)	$240,200 → $321,400 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$499 → $922 (+84.8%)	$1,156 → $1,661 (+43.7%)

Thermal

Population

1,3331,420

Median household income

$30,433$14,500

Median home value

$150,200$183,200

Median gross rent

$499$922

Warm Springs

Population

1,8741,502

Median household income

$50,931$75,114

Median home value

$240,200$321,400

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Thermal	Warm Springs
Under 5	6.6%	13.6%
5 to 17	10.7%	12.4%
18 to 24	11.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	20.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	7.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.9%	9.7%
55 to 64	6.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	5.6%	13.0%
75 and over	17.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thermal	Warm Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	3.1%	30.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.9%
Asian	0.4%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	93.3%	57.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thermal	Warm Springs
No high school diploma	68.3%	26.6%
High school graduate	20.5%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	6.2%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thermal	Warm Springs
Drove alone	51.6%	77.9%
Carpooled	37.2%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	9.8%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thermal	Warm Springs
1-unit, detached	40.2%	22.2%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.1%	69.2%

Poverty & households

	Thermal	Warm Springs
Poverty rate	30.1%	24.0%
Average household size	2.20	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	19	39
Median year structure built	1977	1983