Brawley vs Calipatria

A side-by-side comparison of Brawley and Calipatria: population, income, housing, and more.

Brawley and Calipatria are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brawley has the higher population (26,934 vs 6,549 in Calipatria). Brawley has the higher median household income ($60,370 vs $52,672 in Calipatria). Brawley has the higher median home value ($270,100 vs $172,900 in Calipatria).

Population, income & housing

	Brawley	Calipatria
Population	26,934	6,549
Median age	30.8 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,370	$52,672
Median home value	$270,100	$172,900
Median gross rent	$954	$917
Housing units	8,597	1,347
Homeownership rate	53.4%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	15.4%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brawley	Calipatria
Population	26,076 → 26,934 (+3.3%)	7,395 → 6,549 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$42,326 → $60,370 (+42.6%)	$36,883 → $52,672 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$188,900 → $270,100 (+43.0%)	$145,700 → $172,900 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$828 → $954 (+15.2%)	$724 → $917 (+26.7%)

Brawley

Population

26,07626,934

Median household income

$42,326$60,370

Median home value

$188,900$270,100

Median gross rent

$828$954

Calipatria

Population

7,3956,549

Median household income

$36,883$52,672

Median home value

$145,700$172,900

Median gross rent

$724$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brawley	Calipatria
Under 5	9.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	21.2%	11.5%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	27.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	19.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	9.3%	8.8%
65 to 74	6.2%	5.3%
75 and over	6.3%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brawley	Calipatria
White (non-Hispanic)	12.0%	6.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.5%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	85.0%	81.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brawley	Calipatria
No high school diploma	25.6%	40.2%
High school graduate	25.9%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brawley	Calipatria
Drove alone	76.3%	88.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	4.1%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brawley	Calipatria
1-unit, detached	61.6%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	18.9%	13.7%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Brawley	Calipatria
Poverty rate	20.9%	25.2%
Average household size	3.47	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1982	1975