Palm Desert, CA

Another notable thing is that Palm Desert is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the city experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller city.

The population of Palm Desert is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.95% of adults in Palm Desert have a bachelor’s degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Palm Desert in 2018 was $45,916, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $183,664 for a family of four. However, Palm Desert contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Palm Desert is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Palm Desert home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Palm Desert residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Palm Desert also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.67% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Palm Desert include Irish, German, English, Italian, and French.

Palm Desert also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.21%.

The most common language spoken in Palm Desert is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.