Desert Hot Springs, CA: key statistics
Population: 34,009 (2025). Unemployment rate: 7.1% (August 2026). Median household income: $52,761 (2024).
Desert Hot Springs, CA in figures
Population and demography
Labor market
| Mean travel time to work | 28.5 minutes | 2024 | |
| Unemployment rate | 7.1% | August 2026 | |
| Civilian labor force | 16,554 | 2025 | |
| Employed residents | 15,550 | 2025 | |
| Unemployed people | 1,004 | 2025 | |
| Unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 6.6% | 2024 | |
| Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 62.7% | 2024 |
Health
Income and living conditions
| Gini index | 43.5 | 2024 | |
| Median household income | $52,761 | 2024 | |
| Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate) | $24,129 | 2024 | |
| Poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 18% | 2024 |
Housing
| Housing units authorized by building permits | 216 | 2025 | |
| Homeownership rate (US, housing units) | 50.7% | 2024 | |
| Median home value | $354,800 | 2024 | |
| Median gross rent (monthly) | $1,412 | 2024 | |
| Single-family housing units authorized by building permits | 199 | 2025 | |
| Housing units | 12,474 | 2024 | |
| Households | 11,379 | 2024 | |
| Housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) | 8.8% | 2024 | |
| Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) | 64.7% | 2024 | |
| Average household size | 2.9 persons per household | 2024 |
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