Housing mix
Palm Desert, CA housing supply, ownership, and rent
What the latest ACS housing mix can and cannot tell buyers and renters comparing options in Palm Desert, CA.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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The local figures answer the first question: Palm Desert, CA's current ACS housing baseline includes 37,028 total housing units, 24,690 occupied units, and 12,338 vacant units. For the decision at hand, those counts may help a borrower establish the scale of the measured housing base before comparing tenure, rent, current listings, property condition, and financing. The figures describe stock across the survey period; they do not say that 12,338 homes were listed for sale or available to rent at one moment. In practical terms, reading 37,028 total units with 24,690 occupied and 12,338 vacant units keeps the release internally grounded while leaving live availability to current listing and property evidence.
Palm Desert, CA's ACS median gross rent is $1,778, while renter-occupied units account for 35.0% of occupied housing and owner-occupied units account for 65.0%.