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Best places to live in Greater Palm Springs

12 places with 233,716 residents within about 25 km of Palm Springs, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, green space, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, lifestyle and amenities, mobility and connectivity and safety and community (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Palm Springs, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Garnet
    California, 7,543 residents    23
  2. 2Idyllwild-Pine Cove
    California, 3,874 residents    23
  3. 3Idyllwild
    California, 3,583 residents    23
  4. 4Rancho Mirage
    California, 18,083 residents    22
  5. 5Cathedral City
    California, 53,826 residents    22
  6. 6Desert Edge
    California, 3,822 residents    22
  7. 7Desert Hot Springs
    California, 28,335 residents    22
  8. 8Indian Wells
    California, 5,289 residents    21
  9. 9Palm Desert
    California, 51,869 residents    21
  10. 10Sky Valley
    California, 2,406 residents    19

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For retired couples

  1. 1Rancho Mirage
    California, 18,083 residents    48
  2. 2Palm Desert
    California, 51,869 residents    47
  3. 3Garnet
    California, 7,543 residents    47
  4. 4Palm Springs (California)
    California, 47,371 residents    47
  5. 5Cathedral City
    California, 53,826 residents    45
  6. 6Desert Hot Springs
    California, 28,335 residents    45
  7. 7Desert Edge
    California, 3,822 residents    45
  8. 8Indian Wells
    California, 5,289 residents    44
  9. 9Idyllwild-Pine Cove
    California, 3,874 residents    43
  10. 10Idyllwild
    California, 3,583 residents    43

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For remote workers

  1. 1Desert Hot Springs
    California, 28,335 residents    49
  2. 2Rancho Mirage
    California, 18,083 residents    49
  3. 3Palm Desert
    California, 51,869 residents    49
  4. 4Garnet
    California, 7,543 residents    47
  5. 5Cathedral City
    California, 53,826 residents    45
  6. 6Indian Wells
    California, 5,289 residents    45
  7. 7Palm Springs (California)
    California, 47,371 residents    44
  8. 8Thousand Palms
    California, 7,715 residents    40

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For commuters

No municipality passes this profile here. The profile needs data this country does not have yet, or no place meets its minimums.

For single professionals

No municipality passes this profile here. The profile needs data this country does not have yet, or no place meets its minimums.

For movers on a budget

  1. 1Cathedral City
    California, 53,826 residents    17
  2. 2Palm Desert
    California, 51,869 residents    16
  3. 3Rancho Mirage
    California, 18,083 residents    16
  4. 4Palm Springs (California)
    California, 47,371 residents    15
  5. 5Thousand Palms
    California, 7,715 residents    14
  6. 6Desert Hot Springs
    California, 28,335 residents    13
  7. 7Indian Wells
    California, 5,289 residents    13
  8. 8Garnet
    California, 7,543 residents    12
  9. 9Desert Edge
    California, 3,822 residents    10
  10. 10Idyllwild-Pine Cove
    California, 3,874 residents    6

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Towns in Greater Palm Springs