Desert Aire vs Moses Lake North

A side-by-side comparison of Desert Aire and Moses Lake North: population, income, housing, and more.

Desert Aire and Moses Lake North are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Moses Lake North has the higher population (4,693 vs 2,953 in Desert Aire). Desert Aire has the higher median household income ($83,482 vs $59,825 in Moses Lake North). Desert Aire has the higher median home value ($434,600 vs $218,300 in Moses Lake North).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Aire	Moses Lake North
Population	2,953	4,693
Median age	30.4 yrs	29.0 yrs
Median household income	$83,482	$59,825
Median home value	$434,600	$218,300
Median gross rent	$1,689	$1,044
Housing units	1,322	1,413
Homeownership rate	85.6%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Aire	Moses Lake North
Population	2,712 → 2,953 (+8.9%)	4,526 → 4,693 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$66,127 → $83,482 (+26.2%)	$36,761 → $59,825 (+62.7%)
Median home value	$233,400 → $434,600 (+86.2%)	$118,400 → $218,300 (+84.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,689 (+62.1%)	$739 → $1,044 (+41.3%)

Desert Aire

Population

2,7122,953

Median household income

$66,127$83,482

Median home value

$233,400$434,600

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,689

Moses Lake North

Population

4,5264,693

Median household income

$36,761$59,825

Median home value

$118,400$218,300

Median gross rent

$739$1,044

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Aire	Moses Lake North
Under 5	8.6%	14.3%
5 to 17	26.2%	15.9%
18 to 24	0.9%	13.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	17.2%
35 to 44	18.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	4.8%	6.2%
55 to 64	5.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	15.1%	9.9%
75 and over	4.0%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Aire	Moses Lake North
White (non-Hispanic)	30.5%	52.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	68.8%	38.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Aire	Moses Lake North
No high school diploma	27.4%	18.0%
High school graduate	20.5%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Aire	Moses Lake North
Drove alone	65.5%	68.8%
Carpooled	30.2%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Aire	Moses Lake North
1-unit, detached	69.6%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	25.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	28.1%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Desert Aire	Moses Lake North
Poverty rate	6.4%	27.2%
Average household size	2.96	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	2002	1958