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A Times analysis shows that two of the California communities with the greatest growth in income between 2017 and 2022 were in the Coachella Valley

The average income in Thousand Palms rose more than 3.5 times over that span while the average income in nearby Indian Wells nearly doubled.

Jessica Bond, 31, owns a roofing company servicing the Coachella Valley with her husband. They live in a small unincorporated town called Thousand Palms.

They bought their home in 2018. Things have changed a lot in the seven years since, thanks to a housing market that is almost as hot as a September day in the valley.

“It’s ridiculous, it’s crazy,” she said. “The same house that was on the marke

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