Descanso vs Pine Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Descanso and Pine Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Descanso has the higher population (1,670 vs 1,646 in Pine Valley). Descanso has the higher median household income ($125,714 vs $124,722 in Pine Valley). Descanso has the higher median home value ($606,100 vs $582,900 in Pine Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Descanso	Pine Valley
Population	1,670	1,646
Median age	54.8 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$125,714	$124,722
Median home value	$606,100	$582,900
Median gross rent	$3,318	—
Housing units	678	780
Homeownership rate	64.4%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	31.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Descanso	Pine Valley
Population	1,568 → 1,670 (+6.5%)	1,477 → 1,646 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$92,232 → $125,714 (+36.3%)	$108,721 → $124,722 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$380,700 → $606,100 (+59.2%)	$459,700 → $582,900 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $3,318 (+251.5%)	$1,732 → $1,944 (+12.2%)

Descanso

Population

1,5681,670

Median household income

$92,232$125,714

Median home value

$380,700$606,100

Median gross rent

$944$3,318

Pine Valley

Population

1,4771,646

Median household income

$108,721$124,722

Median home value

$459,700$582,900

Median gross rent

$1,732$1,944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Descanso	Pine Valley
Under 5	2.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	13.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	18.5%
35 to 44	4.9%	6.4%
45 to 54	8.2%	6.6%
55 to 64	27.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	17.3%	17.6%
75 and over	4.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Descanso	Pine Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	74.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Descanso	Pine Valley
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	39.5%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Descanso	Pine Valley
Drove alone	76.1%	77.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	18.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Descanso	Pine Valley
1-unit, detached	91.0%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Descanso	Pine Valley
Poverty rate	2.0%	1.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	28	37
Median year structure built	1973	1977