Rancho Mirage, California

Population

Growing. Up 4.9% since 2020.

17,876

people, the 313th-largest of California's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among California's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

95.1%

of 15,544 jobs located in Rancho Mirage are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 38% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,510

a month. California's median is $2,036.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $2,513 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Riverside County.

• $988 Tract 451.22
• $3,501 Tract 451.25

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

$1,148–$1,722

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,510 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

66% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 1,385 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
• 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 66% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.1–1.0% to the 15,026 homes here.

13–155

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 10% more than California's.

$807,200

median home value in Rancho Mirage.

• $807,200 Rancho Mirage
• $734,700 California
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year