Joshua Tree vs Oak Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Joshua Tree and Oak Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Joshua Tree and Oak Hills are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oak Hills has the higher population (8,246 vs 6,767 in Joshua Tree). Oak Hills has the higher median household income ($98,424 vs $64,036 in Joshua Tree). Oak Hills has the higher median home value ($475,500 vs $280,600 in Joshua Tree).

Population, income & housing

	Joshua Tree	Oak Hills
Population	6,767	8,246
Median age	40.8 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,036	$98,424
Median home value	$280,600	$475,500
Median gross rent	$1,191	$2,102
Housing units	3,961	2,931
Homeownership rate	67.7%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joshua Tree	Oak Hills
Population	7,581 → 6,767 (-10.7%)	10,444 → 8,246 (-21.0%)
Median household income	$39,424 → $64,036 (+62.4%)	$87,429 → $98,424 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$150,100 → $280,600 (+86.9%)	$347,900 → $475,500 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,191 (+32.9%)	$1,312 → $2,102 (+60.2%)

Joshua Tree

Population

7,5816,767

Median household income

$39,424$64,036

Median home value

$150,100$280,600

Median gross rent

$896$1,191

Oak Hills

Population

10,4448,246

Median household income

$87,429$98,424

Median home value

$347,900$475,500

Median gross rent

$1,312$2,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joshua Tree	Oak Hills
Under 5	4.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.7%
75 and over	6.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joshua Tree	Oak Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	66.9%	43.6%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	1.1%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.8%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	22.3%	45.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joshua Tree	Oak Hills
No high school diploma	8.1%	11.5%
High school graduate	19.1%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joshua Tree	Oak Hills
Drove alone	63.2%	61.9%
Carpooled	7.1%	23.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.0%	14.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joshua Tree	Oak Hills
1-unit, detached	84.3%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Joshua Tree	Oak Hills
Poverty rate	22.6%	8.3%
Average household size	2.42	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	30	47
Median year structure built	1980	1996