Joshua Tree vs Silver Lakes

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

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

Joshua Tree has the higher population (6,767 vs 5,789 in Silver Lakes). Silver Lakes has the higher median household income ($111,857 vs $64,036 in Joshua Tree). Silver Lakes has the higher median home value ($345,600 vs $280,600 in Joshua Tree).

Population, income & housing

	Joshua Tree	Silver Lakes
Population	6,767	5,789
Median age	40.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,036	$111,857
Median home value	$280,600	$345,600
Median gross rent	$1,191	$1,585
Housing units	3,961	2,777
Homeownership rate	67.7%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joshua Tree	Silver Lakes
Population	7,581 → 6,767 (-10.7%)	5,849 → 5,789 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$39,424 → $64,036 (+62.4%)	$69,375 → $111,857 (+61.2%)
Median home value	$150,100 → $280,600 (+86.9%)	$228,200 → $345,600 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,191 (+32.9%)	$1,458 → $1,585 (+8.7%)

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

Silver Lakes

Population

5,8495,789

Median household income

$69,375$111,857

Median home value

$228,200$345,600

Median gross rent

$1,458$1,585

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joshua Tree	Silver Lakes
Under 5	4.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	21.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.2%	7.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.2%
75 and over	6.1%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joshua Tree	Silver Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	66.9%	48.6%
Black or African American	2.1%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	4.2%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	17.3%
Hispanic or Latino	22.3%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joshua Tree	Silver Lakes
No high school diploma	8.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	19.1%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joshua Tree	Silver Lakes
Drove alone	63.2%	79.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	13.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.0%	6.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joshua Tree	Silver Lakes
1-unit, detached	84.3%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Joshua Tree	Silver Lakes
Poverty rate	22.6%	3.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	30	40
Median year structure built	1980	1991