Bermuda Dunes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California.
Situated approximately 19 miles (31 km) 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.
The Bermuda Dunes Country Club was developed in 1958 by Ernie Dunlevie and Ray Ryan; it attracted celebrities such as Clark Gable as members.
[4] 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 5-mile (8.0 km) radius, including Sun City Palm Desert.
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.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2), all of it land.
This geography gives Bermuda Dunes its hot, dry climate, with 354 days of sunshine and only 3.44 inches (87.4 mm) of rain annually.
During 2009–2013, Bermuda Dunes had a median household income of $61,519, with 9.4% of the population living below the poverty line.
Many retirees (senior citizens) and families with young children moved to Bermuda Dunes enough to have a balance in age demographics.
Median house value: $208,400 (year 2000), but said to increased 300 percent by 2006 ($550,000) to peak at 2009 (over $600,000) before the Great Recession.