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Desert Edge, California.

A community in Riverside County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Riverside County’s.

Living in Desert Edge, Riverside County, California

Desert Edge, in Riverside County, had 4,180 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $37,429 a year and half less, against $93,074 across Riverside County; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. 89% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 11% are rented. Unemployment in Riverside County was 6.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Riverside County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 4,180 in the 2020 census; median age 63.7
Household income $37,429 the median, give or take $8,779 · Riverside County: $93,074
Unemployment 6.2% Riverside County, August 2026; 6.3% a year before
Homes 89% lived in by their owners; 11% rented
  • 2,019households
  • 18%of adults have a degree
  • 18%below the poverty line
  • 20 mintypical commute

What people in Riverside County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment11%
  • Building trades9%
  • Manufacturing8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Riverside County had 846,070 jobs in 2025, 0.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 69° and 46°; warmest in July, 109° and 79° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 109° 79° A S O N D 69° 46°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 69° and 46°; warmest in July, 109° and 79° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 109° 79° A S O N D 69° 46°

Coldest in December, with highs near 69° and lows near 46°; warmest in July, with highs near 109° and lows near 79°. About 5 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Palm Springs Regional Airport weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Riverside County

  1. University of California-RiversideUniversity or college4,684
  2. Corona-Norco UnifiedSchool district4,333FTE
  3. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage4,330
  4. Riverside UnifiedSchool district3,906FTE
  5. Riverside University Health SystemGeneral hospital3,902FTE
  6. Eisenhower Medical CenterGeneral hospital3,892FTE
  7. Moreno Valley UnifiedSchool district3,304FTE
  8. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage3,218

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1,391 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 229,739 people in all across the county; Desert Edge has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. EarthquakesVery high
  2. Inland floodingVery high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Desert Edge’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Riverside County.