Bermuda Dunes, California

Bermuda Dunes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California. The population was 7,282 at the 2010 census. Situated approximately Template:Convert east of Palm Springs, Bermuda Dunes is located in the mid-valley area of the Coachella Valley, between the cities of Palm Desert, La Quinta, and Indio.

Bermuda Dunes formerly had the name of Myoma. The Bermuda Dunes Country Club was developed in 1958 by Ernie Dunlevie and Ray Ryan; it attracted celebrities such as Clark Gable as members.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The community is also home to the general aviation Bermuda Dunes Airport.

Geography

Bermuda Dunes is located at Template:Coord (33.745, -116.285).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>

The CDP's name originated from the Bermuda Dunes country club, a golf course community designed by William Francis Bell first opened in 1962 and the former site of the Bob Hope Chrysler Golf Classic. There are 10 other golf clubs and communities within the Template:Convert radius, including Sun City Palm Desert. Bermuda Dunes Airport is located in the community.

Public services

The local public school district is the Desert Sands Unified School District, with one elementary school within the community boundaries; James Monroe Elementary. Bermuda Dunes also hosts the Desert Christian Academy, a private preschool through grade 12 school. Electricity is provided by the Imperial Irrigation District and Southern California Edison across Washington Street. Water is provided by both the IID and the Myoma Dunes Water Company<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and telephone landlines are administered by Verizon.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, all of it land. The official elevation of Bermuda Dunes is Template:Convert above sea level, but the surface drops by over Template:Convert from west to east.

The distance from Bermuda Dunes to Washington, D.C. is approximately Template:Convert. The distance to Sacramento, the California state capital, is approximately Template:Convert, and to Los Angeles, the state's largest city, is Template:Convert. Bermuda Dunes shares two ZIP codes with Indio: 92201 and 92203. The telephone area codes are 760 and 442.

Terrain and climate

Located in the Coachella Valley desert region, Bermuda Dunes is sheltered by the San Jacinto Mountains to the west, the Santa Rosa Mountains to the south and by the Little San Bernardino Mountains to the east. This geography gives Bermuda Dunes its hot, dry climate, with 354 days of sunshine and only Template:Convert of rain annually.<ref name= NCDC.NOAA.GOV > Template:Cite web</ref>

Bermuda Dunes has a warm winter/hot summer climate: Its average annual high temperature is Template:Convert and average annual low is Template:Convert but summer highs above Template:Convert are common and sometimes exceed Template:Convert, while summer night lows often stay above Template:Convert. Winters are warm with daytime highs often between Template:Convert and corresponding night lows falling to Template:Convert. The mean annual temperature is Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Demographics

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Bermuda Dunes had a population of 8,244. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Bermuda Dunes was 58.2% White, 2.7% African American, 1.2% Native American, 3.8% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 16.9% from other races, and 17.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 38.5% of the population.<ref name=DP1>Template:Cite web</ref>

The census reported that 99.9% of the population lived in households, 0.1% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 3,352 households, out of which 29.6% included children under the age of 18, 47.0% were married-couple households, 7.4% were cohabiting couple households, 28.1% had a female householder with no partner present, and 17.5% had a male householder with no partner present. 26.5% of households were one person, and 11.1% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.46.<ref name=DP1/> There were 2,224 families (66.3% of all households).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The age distribution was 21.8% under the age of 18, 7.6% aged 18 to 24, 25.7% aged 25 to 44, 25.9% aged 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65Template:Nbspyears of age or older. The median age was 40.3Template:Nbspyears. For every 100 females, there were 95.8 males.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 3,861 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert, of which 3,352 (86.8%) were occupied. Of these, 53.9% were owner-occupied, and 46.1% were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>

2023 estimates

In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that 13.1% of the population were foreign-born. Of all people aged 5 or older, 75.6% spoke only English at home, 21.3% spoke Spanish, 0.1% spoke other Indo-European languages, 1.9% spoke Asian or Pacific Islander languages, and 1.0% spoke other languages. Of those aged 25 or older, 89.1% were high school graduates and 35.9% had a bachelor's degree.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The median household income was $93,819, and the per capita income was $47,358. About 5.0% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the poverty line.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Politics

In the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, Thousand Palms is in 4th District, Represented by Democrat V. Manuel Perez Supervisor of the 4th District<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the California State Legislature, Bermuda Dunes is in Template:Representative, and in Template:Representative.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the United States House of Representatives, Bermuda Dunes is in Template:Representative.<ref>Template:Cite GovTrack</ref>

Notable people

• John J. Benoit (1951–2016), California law enforcement officer and politician<ref>'Riverside County Supervisor John Benoit dies at 64,' The Press Enterprise, Jeff Horseman, December 26, 2016</ref>
• Rock Hudson, actor, owned a house in Bermuda Dunes. Author Armistead Maupin edited Tales of the City in the house.<ref name="logicalfamily224">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Casey Merrill, former running back of the Green Bay Packers, New York Giants and New Orleans Saints (NFL).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

• The Desert Sun, Coachella Valley Newspaper
• Bermuda Dunes Airport