Desert View HighlandsCA
2,613 people live in this town in California.
Is Desert View Highlands a good place to live?
Desert View Highlands’s lowest grade is for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $360K, 3.8 years of the Los Angeles metro’s $96K median household income. Hazard risk is weaker too — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 90% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Where it does best is walkability: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 90% of U.S. towns. All told, that adds up to a D overall and a rank of 552nd of 841 in California. Set against the rest, it does better than 15% of U.S. towns. Desert View Highlands’ average trip to work is 45 minutes, above both the California town median (28 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Desert View Highlands’ trail density is 4.8 miles per square mile, above both California’s towns (1.0) and U.S. towns (0.4). The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B for incomes.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · health, CDC PLACES · OpenStreetMap.
What makes Desert View Highlands stand out
Where Desert View Highlands beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Desert View Highlands has grown 13% from 2010 to 2020
2,360 counted in 2010 and 2,676 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Desert View Highlands grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Desert View Highlands is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Desert View Highlands: who provides what
Desert View Highlands is unincorporated, so Los Angeles County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Desert View Highlands.
Desert View Highlands has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Los Angeles and beyond, but it has little public open land.
0% of Desert View Highlands is conserved land
Just 0 of its 282 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Desert View Highlands itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
1.9 miles of trail.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On state tests, Desert View Highlands’ schools trail 81% of California districts
One of its 3 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Public schools: the Palmdale Elementary school district.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dos Caminos Dual ImmersionLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 945 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Natural hazards: very high risk in Desert View Highlands, mostly earthquakes
FEMA puts 67% of Desert View Highlands’s expected hazard losses down to earthquakes, and 31% to inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of California and the rest of the country, fewer of Desert View Highlands’ residents live below the poverty line
Desert View Highlands has 255 jobs for its 927 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 44.5 minutes, against 28.7 across California.
The top destinations are Los Angeles (23%), Palmdale (16%) and Lancaster (11%). Desert View Highlands’ median household income stands at $76,000. Since 2013, Desert View Highlands has added 73 jobs, to 255 in 2023. For most workers, Desert View Highlands is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town.
| Desert View Highlands | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 45 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 0.9% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Median household income | $76,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Desert View Highlands
The Palmdale weather station records that about 118 days a year reach 90°, more than in 98% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 95.6°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.1°.
Snow is almost unheard of. The typical July afternoon high here is 96°F.
| Desert View Highlands | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 35°F | 41°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Desert View Highlands are less healthy than 51% of U.S. towns
In Desert View Highlands, 26% of adults say their health is fair or poor. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Desert View Highlands is ahead of California on 1 and behind on 9. Two figures for adults here: 70% had a checkup this year, 23% worry about having enough food.
| Desert View Highlands | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 36% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 72% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 16% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Desert View Highlands | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.5% | 6.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 14.3% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Desert View Highlands sells for about $460K at the median
82.2% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 55.3% across California.
57% of Desert View Highlands households live in a home they own. For Desert View Highlands, the typical rent is $2,002 a month.
| Desert View Highlands | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,002 a month | $1,895 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 57% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Hollywood Walk of Fame and 137 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Desert View Highlands. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi LandmarkHollywood Walk of Fame10.0M visitors a year
Big draw33 mi LandmarkHollywood Sign
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaCrypto.com Arena
Big draw38 mi MuseumLa Brea Tar Pits
Big draw33 mi Theme parkUniversal Studios Hollywood8.7M visitors a year
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaDodger StadiumPhoto credits
Hollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · Hollywood Sign: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Crypto.com Arena: Troutfarm27, CC BY-SA 4.0 · La Brea Tar Pits: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Universal Studios Hollywood: 林振宇, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dodger Stadium: Frederick Dennstedt from los angeles, usa, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Everything we know about Desert View Highlands
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Desert View Highlands
About 6 of every 100 Desert View Highlands residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
99% of working residents leave Desert View Highlands for work
Where Desert View Highlands’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Desert View Highlands
Place in California, United States
Desert View Highlands is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 2,676 at the 2020 census, up from 2,360 at the 2010 census. It is surrounded by the City of Palmdale.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,713 ft
- Area code
- 661
Questions about Desert View Highlands
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Desert View Highlands, CA a good place to live?
Desert View Highlands grades D overall, better than 15% of U.S. towns and #552 of 841 in California. It grades B− for health and C− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Desert View Highlands, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $360,000, 53% below the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.