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Median Home Price in Palm Desert, CA

The median home value in Palm Desert, CA is $544,379 as of 2026-07-31, down 2.07% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$544,379

Year-over-Year

-2.07%

Population

52,205

Palm Desert ranks #287 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 28.9% below the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Riverside County, where the county-wide median is $610,513.

Housing affordability in Palm Desert

Median household income in Palm Desert is $77,513, so the typical home value is about 7.0× 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).

Crime in Palm Desert

Palm Desert police recorded a violent crime rate of 324 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,827 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Palm Desert

What is the average home price in Palm Desert, CA?

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 Palm Desert, that value is $544,379. That's down 2.07% from a year earlier. It is about 28.9% below the typical California city tracked here.

Is Palm Desert expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Palm Desert are cheaper than Riverside County as a whole, where the median is $610,513 — a difference of about 10.8%.

Is Palm Desert affordable?

Median household income here is $77,513, so the typical home value is about 7.0× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Palm Desert a safe place to live?

Palm Desert police reported 324 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 52,205. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.