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Palm Desert vs West New York

Palm Desert, CA compared with West New York, NJ · 2,356 miles apart

Palm Desert has 53,259 residents to West New York’s 53,192. Palm Desert comes out ahead on median household income, homeownership, average commute. West New York does better on median rent, price to income.

Palm Desert, CA West New York, NJ
Population 53,259 53,192
Density (per sq mi) 1,989 53,567
Median household income $77,513 $71,729
Median home value $542,000 $465,600
Median rent $1,778 $1,716
Homeownership 65% 23%
Average commute 21 min 34.5 min
Median age 57.5 37.2
Bachelor's degree + 40.7% 33.5%
Poverty rate 11% 19.4%
Unemployment 6.4% 8.4%
Price to income 6.5×
Clear days a year 156 22
Days above 90°F 171 15

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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