City safety & data profile

PalmdaleCA

Palmdale, CA is a 158K-resident city in Los Angeles County with a median household income of $81,770.

Los Angeles County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Palmdale, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Palmdale has a population larger than 96% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $471,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

158K
Population (place)
Top 4%
By size
$81,770
Median income (place)
$471,000
Median home (place)
15.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Palmdale

Palmdale posts a median household income higher than 51% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Palmdale area.

Top 49%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Palmdale

Where Palmdale income ranks nationally

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

$81,770 Top 49% higher than 51% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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

Each bar is a $20K-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

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

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

The quick read

Reading Palmdale, CA beyond the headline numbers

Palmdale sits inside Los Angeles County, California, at roughly 34.58°N, -118.12°W. Population 158,351, $81,770 median household income. Median home value $471,000, median rent $1,802. Poverty rate 15.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Palmdale, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Palmdale, CA stands at 15.7%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Palmdale costs around 5.8 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.

Remote work covers 9.1% of Palmdale workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 15.7% in Palmdale, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Palmdale's median age is 33 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Palmdale 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.

Population (place)
158,351
Palmdale · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$81,770
-9% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$471,000
+14% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Los Angeles County): Palmdale'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
9.8M-1%
Median Income
$90,112+61%
Median Home Value
$834,200+99%
Poverty Rate
13.7%-23%
Unemployment
7.3%-36%

Economics

Economics indicators for Palmdale, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,802/mo
Poverty Rate
15.7% +27% vs avg
Unemployment 8.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 17.1%
Work From Home 9.1%
Public Transit 0.9%

Population

White 23.4%
African American 13.1%
Asian 4.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.4%
Obesity
30.3%
High Blood Pressure
29.7%
Physical Inactivity
29.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.8%
Binge Drinking
15.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
15.7%
Current Smoking
13.1%
Diabetes
12.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 56.1%
Annual Checkup 69.9%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.1%
Stroke
3.3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
PALMDALE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Palmdale?

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

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Sheet CA-PALMDALE · Palmdale

Palmdale: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Palmdale, CA? ▼
Palmdale, CA has a population of 158,351 people, located in Los Angeles County, California.
What is the median household income in Palmdale? ▼
The median household income in Palmdale, CA is $81,770 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.7%.
What is the median home value in Palmdale? ▼
The median home value in Palmdale, CA is $471,000. Median rent is $1,802/month.
What are the top health concerns in Palmdale? ▼
The top health indicators in Palmdale include Short Sleep Duration (38.4%), Obesity (30.3%), High Blood Pressure (29.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Palmdale? ▼
Palmdale has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Palmdale? ▼
The median age in Palmdale, CA is 33 years. 17.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (15.7% here).

Elizabeth, NJ 15.7% Topeka, KS 15.7% High Point, NC 15.7% Bethlehem, PA 15.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($81,770 here).

Hilo, HI $81,779 Wickliffe, OH $81,750 Waianae, HI $81,733 Glenn Heights, TX $81,718

Compare Palmdale 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:

Nearby Cities 8

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Using Palmdale's profile

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 Palmdale 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 Palmdale 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 (Los Angeles 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.