Rankings · How Desert Palms ranks in CA
Desert Palms ranks #8 in California for trails
Desert Palms is ranked on 28 lists against the 844 California towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 5.
Lists ranked on
28
of CA’s 844 ranked towns
Top-10 finishes
1
Best: #8 most trails
Top-quarter finishes
5
of 18 lists where higher is better
Strongest area
Health
Top 7% on average
★ What stands out · What kind of place
Older than 100% of California
Not better or worse, just Desert Palms’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Older than 100% of CA towns
YoungerOlder
77.1 median age
Fewer kids than 100% of CA towns
Fewer kidsMore kids
0.5% of residents are under 18
Hotter summers than 98% of CA towns
Cooler summersHotter summers
106.8° July high
Drier than 98% of CA towns
DrierWetter
3.1 in of rain + melted snow a year
More vacation homes than 96% of CA towns
Year-roundVacation homes
18.2% of homes are seasonal
Milder winters than 78% of CA towns
Colder wintersMilder winters
44.6° January low
Faster-rising prices than 75% of CA towns
Steadier pricesPrices rising fast
+52.0% in home prices, 5 years
Where it shines
The lists Desert Palms does best on
Each list ranks every CA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Desert Palms marked.
Next door
Desert Palms out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
IndioThousand PalmsBermuda DunesDesert Palms
Desert Palms leadsNeighbor leadsEvenNot ranked
At a glance
Desert Palms lands in the top half on 11 of 18 lists
Each dot is Desert Palms’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CA, the right end is last. Areas where Desert Palms does best come first.
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