Calexico vs Calipatria

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

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

Calexico has the higher population (38,476 vs 6,549 in Calipatria). Calipatria has the higher median household income ($52,672 vs $50,021 in Calexico). Calexico has the higher median home value ($281,700 vs $172,900 in Calipatria).

Population, income & housing

	Calexico	Calipatria
Population	38,476	6,549
Median age	33.5 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,021	$52,672
Median home value	$281,700	$172,900
Median gross rent	$1,049	$917
Housing units	11,784	1,347
Homeownership rate	51.4%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calexico	Calipatria
Population	39,946 → 38,476 (-3.7%)	7,395 → 6,549 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$43,592 → $50,021 (+14.7%)	$36,883 → $52,672 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$207,600 → $281,700 (+35.7%)	$145,700 → $172,900 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $1,049 (+16.0%)	$724 → $917 (+26.7%)

Calexico

Population

39,94638,476

Median household income

$43,592$50,021

Median home value

$207,600$281,700

Median gross rent

$904$1,049

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)

	Calexico	Calipatria
Under 5	7.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	20.7%	11.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	27.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	19.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	9.6%	8.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	5.3%
75 and over	6.0%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calexico	Calipatria
White (non-Hispanic)	1.0%	6.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	97.6%	81.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calexico	Calipatria
No high school diploma	35.0%	40.2%
High school graduate	19.6%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calexico	Calipatria
Drove alone	79.5%	88.7%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.6%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	4.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calexico	Calipatria
1-unit, detached	63.8%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	13.7%
20 or more units	3.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Calexico	Calipatria
Poverty rate	21.0%	25.2%
Average household size	3.87	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	25	15
Median year structure built	1990	1975