Desert Gem: mobile home park in Blythe, California
Unofficial page — independent directory built from the California state registry, updated August 2026.
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A 17-space mobile home park in Blythe, CA. Everyday shopping is within a couple of miles.
Internet is a strength around here: about 100% of homes in town can get 100/20 Mbps service. Riverside County has its own mobilehome rent-stabilization ordinance, but it only reaches unincorporated areas — worth a call to the county or to Blythe to confirm whether this park falls inside it. This mobilehome park carries 17 spaces on the registry, without a vacancy count to say how full it runs.
- Size
- 17 spaces · 242th largest of 263 in Riverside County (median 100)
- Size vs the state
- Larger than about 16% of California's registered parks
- Rent increases
- 100% CPI (Riverside County ordinance — unincorporated areas only) · read it
- Rent nearby
- 2-bedroom fair market rent $2,201/mo (HUD FY 2026)
- Flood zone
- Undetermined — FEMA has not assessed this area
- Wildfire risk
- Among the highest-risk counties in the U.S. (USFS, county-wide)
- Tornadoes
- 27 recorded in Riverside County since 1950, strongest F3 (NOAA)
- Nearest
- Grocery 0.3 mi · pharmacy 0.4 mi · clinic 0.7 mi
- School & ER
- Ruth Brown Elementary 0.3 mi · La Paz Regional Hospital (ER) 40 mi
- Internet
- 100% of homes at 100/20 Mbps · fiber 30% · gigabit 30%
- Neighborhood
- Median rent $902/mo · median income $51,000 · 30% mobile homes
Distances are straight-line, so the drive is longer. Internet and neighborhood figures describe the surrounding town — and the rent benchmark, wildfire rank, and tornado count the wider county — not this park’s own lots. The fair market rent is apartment-style rent (HUD’s area benchmark), not this park’s lot rent. Rent limits are not legal advice.
Looking for the office number? Their Google Maps listing may have it →
Worth knowing
Blythe is a small California city, home to about 18,400 people. 6 other registered parks lie within about 10 miles.
For residents
- Water billing: if your park submeters water, California bills it at the utility's rate with combined service and admin fees capped (AB 604) — no markup on the water itself. Check the math free with the water submeter calculator, or read the California water-billing guide.
- Paying rent: ask the park office how they take payment. Parks that run on Lot Sidekick hand residents clear, itemized rent and water bills.
- Thinking about moving here? What to ask a park before you rent a lot, and what lot rent covers and how it goes up.
Common questions
How many spaces does Desert Gem have?
Desert Gem has 17 total spaces per the California park registry (as of August 24, 2026).
Is this Desert Gem's official website or phone number?
No. This is Desert Gem's page in the Lot Sidekick park directory, built from the state registry. We're independent of the park and can't take messages for it. The park office hasn't added a public contact here yet; if you own the park, claiming the page (free) lets you add one.
Where is Desert Gem?
177 North Acacia St, Blythe, California 92225, in Riverside County.
How much is lot rent at Desert Gem?
Desert Gem doesn't publish its lot rent anywhere we could find, and we won't guess at a figure. Call the park office to ask. For scale: HUD's FY 2026 fair market rent for a 2-bedroom rental around Riverside County is $2,201/mo — that's apartment-style rent for the area, and lot rent (the ground under a home you own) usually runs well below it. If you run this park, you can add your real lot rent to this page for free.
How much can lot rent go up at Desert Gem?
California has no statewide cap on space-rent increases, but the Mobilehome Residency Law requires 90 days' written notice (Civil Code §798.30), and many California cities add local rent-stabilization ordinances — check your city before assuming there's no cap.
Nearby parks in Riverside County
| Park | Distance | Spaces |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Line Tp | ~0.2 mi | 8 |
| Valley Palms MHP | ~1.3 mi | 30 |
| El Rancho Estates | ~1.4 mi | 109 |
| River Oasis | ~4.7 mi | 20 |
| Hidden Beaches River Resort | ~4.8 mi | 58 |
Free tools
- Park value & profitability estimator: what a 17-space park earns and what it's worth, at the cap rate you pick.
- Rent increase calculator: the 2026 California cap applied to a 17-space park.
- RUBS calculator: split one master-meter water bill across 17 lots so the pennies add up exactly.
- Water submeter calculator: two meter reads in, an at-cost tenant bill out.
- Notice generator: a clean, printable rent-increase notice with the dates filled in.
- Rent receipt generator: a printable receipt for a cash, check, or money-order payment — two copies to a sheet.
- Prorated rent calculator: the exact first-month charge when someone moves in mid-cycle.
Registry record
| State registry ID | 4772 |
|---|---|
| Registered with | The California Department of Housing and Community Development |
| Listed as | DESERT GEM |
Data from official state registry that may be out of date.
Source: California Department of Housing and Community Development, Permit to Operate registry (gis.hcd.ca.gov), as of August 24, 2026. Counts come from the state's registry and can lag real life. See something out of date? Tell us, or claim the page.
https://lotsidekick.com/parks/california/riverside/desert-gem