Descanso vs Rainbow

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

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

Rainbow has the higher population (1,793 vs 1,670 in Descanso). Descanso has the higher median household income ($125,714 vs $85,368 in Rainbow). Rainbow has the higher median home value ($699,500 vs $606,100 in Descanso).

Population, income & housing

	Descanso	Rainbow
Population	1,670	1,793
Median age	54.8 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$125,714	$85,368
Median home value	$606,100	$699,500
Median gross rent	$3,318	$2,097
Housing units	678	651
Homeownership rate	64.4%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Descanso	Rainbow
Population	1,568 → 1,670 (+6.5%)	2,360 → 1,793 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$92,232 → $125,714 (+36.3%)	$64,637 → $85,368 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$380,700 → $606,100 (+59.2%)	$470,100 → $699,500 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $3,318 (+251.5%)	$1,060 → $2,097 (+97.8%)

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

Rainbow

Population

2,3601,793

Median household income

$64,637$85,368

Median home value

$470,100$699,500

Median gross rent

$1,060$2,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Descanso	Rainbow
Under 5	2.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.8%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.3%
35 to 44	4.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	27.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	17.3%	15.4%
75 and over	4.7%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Descanso	Rainbow
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	52.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.2%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	34.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Descanso	Rainbow
No high school diploma	6.0%	16.7%
High school graduate	39.5%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Descanso	Rainbow
Drove alone	76.1%	74.3%
Carpooled	11.3%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	6.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Descanso	Rainbow
1-unit, detached	91.0%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Descanso	Rainbow
Poverty rate	2.0%	8.6%
Average household size	2.73	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1973	1976