A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Coachella$2,660/mo

Typical home $434K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.06% · or rent about $1,144/mo · Housing →

Delano$1,930/mo

Typical home $334K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $1,199/mo · Housing →

The difference: $730 a month, about $8,700 a year, between Coachella and Delano.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Delano places higher on 13 of 23 CA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

CCoachellaSafer than 33% of U.S. towns C+DelanoSafer than 38% of U.S. towns

Schools

CCoachellaBetter than 28% of districts in the state B+DelanoBetter than 67% of districts in the state

Health

C−CoachellaHealthier than 18% of U.S. towns DDelanoHealthier than 13% of U.S. towns

10Coachella

13Delano

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #599#52 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #304#667 Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #469#220 Lowest property taxCost of living · 835 towns #340#79 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #591#828 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #420#184 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #497#720 Fewest smokersHealth · 844 towns #530#730

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Coachella’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

CoachellaDelano

Snow a year0″0″

January low39°F 38°F

July high107°F 97°F

Growing season (days)298d 309d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)99th 47th

Outdoors & history

CoachellaDelano

Trails38 mi 2 mi

Conserved land0.5%1.3%

Settled1876 1869

National Register places—2

Archive photos7 6

Famous people born here—12

Community

CoachellaDelano

Library hours a week38 hrs 20 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

228 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CoachellaCA DelanoCA

Coachella ↔ Delano228 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs California average

CoachellaDelano

People

Population 43,307Lowest 51,679Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3%Highest CA: +6.1% -3%Lowest CA: +6.1%

Median age 33.4±1.1Lowest 12% below CA 33.9±1.4Highest 11% below CA

Delano and Coachella are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 25.3%±1.9Highest CA: 22% 22.9%±1.9Lowest CA: 22%

Coachella and Delano are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 9.6%±1.4Lowest CA: 15.7% 10.8%±1.1Highest CA: 15.7%

Delano and Coachella are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 7.5%Highest CA: 37.1% 7.3%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.2%±1Lowest CA: 7.6% 7.1%±1Highest CA: 7.6%

Delano and Coachella are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $68,596±$5kHighest 31% below CA $67,010±$7kLowest 32% below CA

Coachella and Delano are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $367,600±$10kHighest 50% below CA $301,900±$11kLowest 59% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,144±$76Lowest 44% below CA $1,199±$76Highest 41% below CA

Delano and Coachella are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,897Highest 24% below CA $1,945Lowest 62% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 53%±7.7Highest CA: 55.3% 51.3%±6.8Lowest CA: 55.3%

Coachella and Delano are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 10.2%Lowest CA: 12% 16%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 63.7%Highest CA: 55.9% 62.8%Lowest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 2000Highest 24 yrs newer than CA 1989Lowest 13 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minHighest 19% below CA 22 minLowest 23% below CA

Work from home 2.9%±1.1Highest CA: 17.2% 2.8%±0.7Lowest CA: 17.2%

Coachella and Delano are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 11.3%Lowest 28.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 26.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.41Lowest 0.90Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Indio (14%)Bakersfield (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DelanoFew work in Coachella

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.5%Lowest 1.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 37.6 miHighest 1.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.3 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8 8

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 27.3Lowest 56.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #469 of 574 in CA #220 of 574 in CA

School district NOVA Academy - Coachella District · Coachella Valley UnifiedDelano Joint Union High · Delano Union Elementary

High school in town Coachella Valley HighRobert F. Kennedy High

Students per teacherat that high school 20.6Lowest 22.5Highest

California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Thermal1,800 people · $187K homes

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Coachella vs Delano

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $730 more a month in Coachella

Delano places higher on 13 of 23 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

228 miles apart

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