Brawley vs Imperial

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

Brawley and Imperial 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 20,943 in Imperial). Imperial has the higher median household income ($83,214 vs $60,370 in Brawley). Imperial has the higher median home value ($344,700 vs $270,100 in Brawley).

Population, income & housing

	Brawley	Imperial
Population	26,934	20,943
Median age	30.8 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,370	$83,214
Median home value	$270,100	$344,700
Median gross rent	$954	$1,396
Housing units	8,597	6,876
Homeownership rate	53.4%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	15.4%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brawley	Imperial
Population	26,076 → 26,934 (+3.3%)	17,454 → 20,943 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$42,326 → $60,370 (+42.6%)	$85,654 → $83,214 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$188,900 → $270,100 (+43.0%)	$239,900 → $344,700 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$828 → $954 (+15.2%)	$1,394 → $1,396 (+0.1%)

Brawley

Population

26,07626,934

Median household income

$42,326$60,370

Median home value

$188,900$270,100

Median gross rent

$828$954

Imperial

Population

17,45420,943

Median household income

$85,654$83,214

Median home value

$239,900$344,700

Median gross rent

$1,394$1,396

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brawley	Imperial
Under 5	9.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	21.2%	25.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.2%	5.8%
75 and over	6.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brawley	Imperial
White (non-Hispanic)	12.0%	10.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	85.0%	84.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brawley	Imperial
No high school diploma	25.6%	17.1%
High school graduate	25.9%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brawley	Imperial
Drove alone	76.3%	75.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	12.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	9.5%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brawley	Imperial
1-unit, detached	61.6%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	18.9%	10.9%
20 or more units	2.8%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Brawley	Imperial
Poverty rate	20.9%	12.4%
Average household size	3.47	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1982	2001