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Thousand Palms CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
Thousand Palms CDP is a Census CDP of 7,720 people across 23.62 square miles of land, in Riverside County. Median household income is $77,000, 72.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 11 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.1 m.
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Thousand Palms
What Thousand Palms is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area23.62 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land327 plus or minus 68
- County holding the largest share of its areaRiverside County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thousand Palms
How many people live in Thousand Palms
- Population7,720 plus or minus 1,609
- Median age36.8 plus or minus 8.2
- Population under 181,931 plus or minus 618
- Share under 1825.0 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Population 65 and over1,677 plus or minus 358
- Share 65 and over21.7 percent
- Households2,752
- Family households1,821 plus or minus 452
- Share of households that are families66.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thousand Palms
Income and work in Thousand Palms
- Median household income$77,000 plus or minus $27,784
- Per capita income$30,074
- Civilian labor force3,529
- Employed3,346
- Unemployed183 plus or minus 131
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over5,370
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.5 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.6 percent plus or minus 5.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thousand Palms
Housing in Thousand Palms
- Housing units3,756
- Occupied units2,752
- Vacant units1,004 plus or minus 287
- Vacancy rate26.7 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Owner occupied2,003 plus or minus 413
- Renter occupied749 plus or minus 307
- Ownership rate72.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$268,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,495 plus or minus $448
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.3 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Single family units1,894 plus or minus 466
- Share single family50.4 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Units in buildings of two or more62 plus or minus 52
- Share in buildings of two or more1.7 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Mobile homes1,800
- Median year structure built1984
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thousand Palms
How Thousand Palms gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,886 plus or minus 629
- Commuting under 15 minutes536 plus or minus 225
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.6 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more442 plus or minus 228
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.3 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Drove alone79.1 percent
- Carpooled9.4 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.5 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home10.3 percent plus or minus 6.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thousand Palms
SBA 7(a) lending to Thousand Palms borrowers
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$9,117,600
- Average approval$828,873
- Median approval$495,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,172,700
- Largest approval$2,478,000
- Jobs supported130
- Jobs per approval11.8
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more36.4 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS8
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Thousand Palms
SBA 504 lending to Thousand Palms borrowers
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$5,672,000
- Average approval$630,222
- Median approval$577,000
- Largest approval$1,065,000
- Jobs supported73
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Riverside County, not Thousand Palms
Riverside County context, not Thousand Palms figures
These are Riverside County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Thousand Palms measurements.
- Establishments in Riverside County46,244
- Employment at those establishments, Riverside County687,526
- Covered employment, Riverside County840,433
- Average annual pay, Riverside County$59,734
- Average weekly wage, Riverside County$1,149
- Housing units permitted, Riverside County9,598
- Of those, single family, Riverside County8,016
- County product, 2024, Riverside County$134,756,586,000
- County product change over the prior year, Riverside County6.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Riverside County$80,685
Every figure in this section is published for Riverside County as a whole and is not a measurement of Thousand Palms. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Thousand Palms questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Thousand Palms, California?
7,720, in 2,752 households. Thousand Palms CDP covers 23.62 square miles of land, which is 327 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Thousand Palms in?
Riverside County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Thousand Palms?
$77,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $268,700. Median gross rent is $1,495 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Thousand Palms businesses?
11 7(a) approvals totalling $9.1 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $495,000, plus 9 504 approvals worth $5.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Thousand Palms, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Thousand Palms borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Thousand Palms. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Thousand Palms figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Riverside County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Thousand Palms.
Is zoning published for Thousand Palms?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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