| ECONOMY | Palm Desert | Aliso Viejo | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 12.80% | 8.10% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.39% | 0.60% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 27.98% | 33.10% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.75% | 7.75% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 4.00% | 4.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $39,619 | $39,281 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $57,604 | $86,334 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 9.20% | 2.86% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 9.66% | 3.20% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 10.29% | 4.78% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 14.70% | 9.53% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 19.28% | 21.22% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 11.63% | 18.92% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 12.88% | 23.26% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 8.40% | 12.15% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 3.64% | 3.74% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.31% | 0.34% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 17.82% | 27.72% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 19.83% | 26.64% | 20.61% |
| Service | 20.65% | 8.69% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 29.71% | 29.29% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 7.10% | 3.09% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 4.81% | 4.57% | 14.05% |