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The median home value in Desert Hot Springs, CA is $378,801 as of 2026-06-30, down 2.58% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$378,801
Year-over-Year
-2.58%
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 $765,350. It sits in Riverside County, where the county-wide median is $608,963.
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).
The median home value in Desert Hot Springs is $378,801. That's down 2.58% from a year earlier. That is about 50.5% below the typical county in California.
Homes in Desert Hot Springs are cheaper than Riverside County as a whole, where the median is $608,963 — a difference of about 37.8%.
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.