City safety & data profile

CoachellaCA

Coachella, CA is a 45K-resident city in Riverside County with a median household income of $68,596.

Riverside County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Coachella, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Coachella has a population larger than 77% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $367,600, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-16
45K
Population (place)
Top 23%
By size
$68,596
Median income (place)
$367,600
Median home (place)
10.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Coachella

Coachella posts a median household income higher than 35% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Coachella area.

Bottom 36%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Coachella

Composite score · Coachella, CA

27/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024

A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Poverty rate C-
10.2%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Household income F
$68,596

Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Violent crime F
442 /100k

FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.

Bachelor's+ share F
7.5%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Curious how Coachella stacks up nationwide? See the full tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).

Where Coachella income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$68,596 Bottom 35% higher than 35% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Coachella $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

CA cities ranked by population

Ranked by headcount across the 482 CA places Areazine tracks with both population and income data. Tooltip carries the income rank.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Alamo instead.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Top earners by city in CA

Median household income across 482 tracked CA places. Hover a bar for its population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo leads this pool on median income; Los Angeles is the population leader instead.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Coachella, CA beyond the headline numbers

Coachella sits inside Riverside County, California, at roughly 33.68°N, -116.17°W. Population 44,635, $68,596 median household income. Median home value $367,600, median rent $1,144. Poverty rate 10.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Coachella (nearest 4.1 mi away), 3/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER. Climate: 76°F annual average, 3.1" precipitation.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 25.8% in Coachella, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

9.1% unemployment puts Coachella in the toughest quarter of reporting cities for job availability.

7.5% of Coachella adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 2.9% of Coachella workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Coachella's median age is 33.4 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

The median home in Coachella costs around 5.4 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Median rent in Coachella, CA runs $1,144/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.

At 10.2%, poverty in Coachella, CA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Coachella from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

A Decade of Change 2013–2024

County-level trend (Riverside County): Coachella's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
2.5M+11%
Median Income
$93,074+65%
Median Home Value
$557,300+141%
Poverty Rate
10.6%-35%
Unemployment
6.5%-56%

Economics

The clearest outlier in Coachella's numbers is median rent: $1,144/mo, which is 26% below what's typical across the tracked-city set. A second figure worth noting: median household income at $68,596, 23% below the tracked-city average.

Economics indicators for Coachella, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,144/mo
Poverty Rate
10.2% -18% vs avg
Unemployment 9.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 7.5%
Work From Home 2.9%
Public Transit 0.6%

Population

White 7.6%
African American 0.3%
Asian 0.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
41.3%
Obesity
40.7%
Physical Inactivity
36.2%
High Blood Pressure
28.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
25.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
17%
Binge Drinking
15.3%
Diabetes
12.9%
Current Smoking
12.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 48%
Annual Checkup 65.5%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.8%
Stroke
2.7%

Closest Hospitals 2 within 25 mi

CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
1
★★★
0
★★
1
★
0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
2
JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
INDIO · 4.1 mi away · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆
EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER
RANCHO MIRAGE · 15.8 mi away · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 Normals
Avg Temperature
76°F
Annual Rainfall
3.1"
Hot Months (>80°F)
7
Cold Months (<40°F)
0
70°
47°
Jan
0.7"
73°
51°
Feb
0.6"
80°
57°
Mar
0.3"
86°
63°
Apr
0.1"
93°
69°
May
0.0"
102°
77°
Jun
0.0"
106°
83°
Jul
0.1"
105°
83°
Aug
0.3"
101°
77°
Sep
0.1"
91°
66°
Oct
0.2"
78°
53°
Nov
0.2"
69°
45°
Dec
0.5"

Cost of Living

BEA 2024
106.4 Regional Price Parity

6.4% above national average

US avg
106.4

Metro area: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (MSA)

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.

Flood Insurance Claims History

FEMA NFIP, county-level
195
Claims filed
$5.8M
Total paid out
X
Most common flood zone

195 flood insurance claims have been filed in Riverside County since 2016, with $5.8M paid out by the NFIP.

Tropical Storm Hilary alone generated 60 of those claims, the county's largest named flood event in this record.

Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.

What alerts and safety updates affect Coachella?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Coachella right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-COACHELLA · Coachella

Coachella: 2 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 2 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Jose

Tagged alert mix: Coachella

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 2 tagged notices on record for Coachella.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: San Jose, CA (2 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Coachella; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

Cities tracking a comparable alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (2 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

San Jose, CA 2 alerts Fresno, CA 2 alerts Pittsburgh, PA 2 alerts York, PA 2 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 9

What is the population of Coachella, CA? ▼
Coachella, CA has a population of 44,635 people, located in Riverside County, California.
What is the median household income in Coachella? ▼
The median household income in Coachella, CA is $68,596 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 10.2%.
What is the median home value in Coachella? ▼
The median home value in Coachella, CA is $367,600. Median rent is $1,144/month.
What are the top health concerns in Coachella? ▼
The top health indicators in Coachella include Short Sleep Duration (41.3%), Obesity (40.7%), Physical Inactivity (36.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What hospitals are near Coachella? ▼
The nearest hospitals to Coachella, CA are JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (4.1 mi, in INDIO), EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER (15.8 mi, in RANCHO MIRAGE). 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Coachella? ▼
The median age in Coachella, CA is 33.4 years. 7.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What is the climate like in Coachella? ▼
Coachella has an average annual temperature of 76°F and 3.1" of annual precipitation.
What is the cost of living in Coachella? ▼
The regional price parity for Coachella is 106.442, meaning prices are 6.4% above the national average.
What is the flood claim history for Coachella? ▼
Riverside County, California has recorded 195 NFIP flood insurance claims since 2016, totaling $5.8M in payouts. This is county-level data: FEMA does not attribute individual claims to a specific city.

Similar poverty or income, nationwide 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Coachella, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (10.2% here).

Vancouver, WA 10.2% Orem, UT 10.2% Deltona, FL 10.2% Cranston, RI 10.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($68,596 here).

East Point, GA $68,598 Cheektowaga, NY $68,613 Marshall, MN $68,566 Pell City, AL $68,638

Compare Coachella with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

In the Area 8

Indio, CA 88K La Quinta, CA 40K Palm Desert, CA 52K Rancho Mirage, CA 18K Cathedral City, CA 54K Palm Springs, CA 47K Desert Hot Springs, CA 28K Twentynine Palms, CA 26K
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What to do with Coachella's numbers

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Coachella area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Coachella against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Riverside County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.