Loma Linda vs Yucca Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Loma Linda and Yucca Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Loma Linda has the higher population (25,021 vs 21,744 in Yucca Valley). Loma Linda has the higher median household income ($82,824 vs $55,302 in Yucca Valley). Loma Linda has the higher median home value ($557,800 vs $321,300 in Yucca Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Loma Linda	Yucca Valley
Population	25,021	21,744
Median age	37.0 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,824	$55,302
Median home value	$557,800	$321,300
Median gross rent	$1,759	$1,341
Housing units	10,233	9,929
Homeownership rate	40.0%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loma Linda	Yucca Valley
Population	24,184 → 25,021 (+3.5%)	21,622 → 21,744 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$55,607 → $82,824 (+48.9%)	$44,757 → $55,302 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$367,400 → $557,800 (+51.8%)	$172,600 → $321,300 (+86.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,759 (+31.5%)	$919 → $1,341 (+45.9%)

Loma Linda

Population

24,18425,021

Median household income

$55,607$82,824

Median home value

$367,400$557,800

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,759

Yucca Valley

Population

21,62221,744

Median household income

$44,757$55,302

Median home value

$172,600$321,300

Median gross rent

$919$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loma Linda	Yucca Valley
Under 5	5.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	20.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.5%
75 and over	8.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loma Linda	Yucca Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	33.3%	61.1%
Black or African American	6.8%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.5%
Asian	27.3%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	1.5%
Some other race	1.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loma Linda	Yucca Valley
No high school diploma	9.5%	10.4%
High school graduate	17.3%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loma Linda	Yucca Valley
Drove alone	69.5%	78.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	6.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.9%	6.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loma Linda	Yucca Valley
1-unit, detached	48.7%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	16.5%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Loma Linda	Yucca Valley
Poverty rate	11.6%	19.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1983	1979