Hesperia vs Victorville

A side-by-side comparison of Hesperia and Victorville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Victorville has the higher population (135,983 vs 100,141 in Hesperia). Victorville has the higher median household income ($70,663 vs $68,971 in Hesperia). Hesperia has the higher median home value ($366,800 vs $342,500 in Victorville).

Population, income & housing

	Hesperia	Victorville
Population	100,141	135,983
Median age	32.9 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,971	$70,663
Median home value	$366,800	$342,500
Median gross rent	$1,566	$1,568
Housing units	30,495	39,249
Homeownership rate	65.8%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hesperia	Victorville
Population	94,203 → 100,141 (+6.3%)	121,902 → 135,983 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$53,561 → $68,971 (+28.8%)	$53,957 → $70,663 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$235,700 → $366,800 (+55.6%)	$221,200 → $342,500 (+54.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,199 → $1,566 (+30.6%)	$1,259 → $1,568 (+24.5%)

Hesperia

Population

94,203100,141

Median household income

$53,561$68,971

Median home value

$235,700$366,800

Median gross rent

$1,199$1,566

Victorville

Population

121,902135,983

Median household income

$53,957$70,663

Median home value

$221,200$342,500

Median gross rent

$1,259$1,568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hesperia	Victorville
Under 5	6.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	22.2%	23.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.4%	6.2%
75 and over	4.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hesperia	Victorville
White (non-Hispanic)	29.9%	19.8%
Black or African American	4.5%	16.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.8%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	60.3%	55.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hesperia	Victorville
No high school diploma	22.6%	22.8%
High school graduate	33.2%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hesperia	Victorville
Drove alone	77.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	10.8%	13.2%
Public transit	0.2%	1.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	8.2%
Other means	1.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hesperia	Victorville
1-unit, detached	82.2%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	5.8%
20 or more units	3.8%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Hesperia	Victorville
Poverty rate	17.5%	19.9%
Average household size	3.42	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	42	41
Median year structure built	1988	1994