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The median home value in Desert Hot Springs, CA is $378,683 as of 2026-07-31, down 2.12% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$378,683
Year-over-Year
-2.12%
Population
33,749
Desert Hot Springs ranks #358 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 50.5% below the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Riverside County, where the county-wide median is $610,513.
Median household income in Desert Hot Springs is $52,761, so the typical home value is about 7.2× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Desert Hot Springs police recorded a violent crime rate of 492 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,200 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Desert Hot Springs, that value is $378,683. That's down 2.12% from a year earlier. It is about 50.5% below the typical California city tracked here.
Homes in Desert Hot Springs are cheaper than Riverside County as a whole, where the median is $610,513 — a difference of about 38.0%.
Median household income here is $52,761, so the typical home value is about 7.2× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Desert Hot Springs police reported 492 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 33,749. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.