Homestead Valley vs Searles Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Homestead Valley and Searles Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Homestead Valley has the higher population (2,772 vs 1,698 in Searles Valley). Searles Valley has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $39,954 in Homestead Valley). Homestead Valley has the higher median home value ($214,800 vs $68,500 in Searles Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Homestead Valley	Searles Valley
Population	2,772	1,698
Median age	49.4 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,954	$65,625
Median home value	$214,800	$68,500
Median gross rent	$992	$809
Housing units	2,017	847
Homeownership rate	88.0%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	14.6%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homestead Valley	Searles Valley
Population	2,865 → 2,772 (-3.2%)	1,689 → 1,698 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$31,864 → $39,954 (+25.4%)	$36,806 → $65,625 (+78.3%)
Median home value	$146,600 → $214,800 (+46.5%)	$57,700 → $68,500 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $992 (-2.2%)	$621 → $809 (+30.3%)

Homestead Valley

Population

2,8652,772

Median household income

$31,864$39,954

Median home value

$146,600$214,800

Median gross rent

$1,014$992

Searles Valley

Population

1,6891,698

Median household income

$36,806$65,625

Median home value

$57,700$68,500

Median gross rent

$621$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Homestead Valley	Searles Valley
Under 5	4.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	12.5%	26.4%
18 to 24	3.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	6.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	18.6%	8.8%
75 and over	8.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homestead Valley	Searles Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	65.7%	64.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	3.6%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	27.3%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homestead Valley	Searles Valley
No high school diploma	16.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	24.4%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	46.4%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homestead Valley	Searles Valley
Drove alone	53.6%	76.5%
Carpooled	13.8%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	23.5%	6.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homestead Valley	Searles Valley
1-unit, detached	87.8%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Homestead Valley	Searles Valley
Poverty rate	32.2%	18.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	36	19
Median year structure built	1965	1957