A town of 38,707. A typical home worth about $735K.
The 3 things La Quinta does most differently from other towns.
17.5% of the town is conserved land, across 16 parks and preserves.
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The typical La Quinta home is worth about $735,000, about the same as a year ago, close to the California typical home.
113 miles of trails across 16 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument | 5.6 mi | 4,589 |
| 2. Cove Oasis | 2.1 mi | 449 |
| 3. Santa Rosa Wilderness | 1.4 mi | 952 |
Most working residents leave La Quinta for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Palm Desert (13%), Indio (9%) and Palm Springs (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.
The public schools La Quinta’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 72% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry S. Truman Elementary | K–5 | 635 | Not graded |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary | K–5 | 627 | Not graded |
| La Quinta Christian Fellowship Private | 1–8 | 24 | |
| La Quinta Middle | 6–8 | 709 | C |
| Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle | 6–8 | 439 | C− |
| La Quinta High | 9–12 | 2,425 | A− |
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 85% of U.S. communities.
La Quinta beats the California average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8.
| What stands out | La Quinta | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.9% | 17.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.8% | 14.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 6.4% |
La Quinta reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 66% report less. Within California, it does better than 56% of towns.
La Quinta has warm winters and scorching summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 107°, a January night drops to 45°, and snow is almost unheard of.
7 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.
City in California, United States
La Quinta (Spanish for "the country estate") is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States. Located between Indian Wells and Indio, it is one of the nine cities of the Coachella Valley. The population was 37,558 at the 2020 census, up from 37,467 at the 2010 census. Golf courses include La Quinta Resort and Club, a resort dating to 1926, where director Frank Capra wrote the screenplay for Lost Horizon, and SilverRock Golf Resort, which hosts the annual Bob Hope Chrysler Classic PGA golf tournament.
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4 towns share a border with La Quinta.