Calexico vs Imperial

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

Calexico and Imperial 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 20,943 in Imperial). Imperial has the higher median household income ($83,214 vs $50,021 in Calexico). Imperial has the higher median home value ($344,700 vs $281,700 in Calexico).

Population, income & housing

	Calexico	Imperial
Population	38,476	20,943
Median age	33.5 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,021	$83,214
Median home value	$281,700	$344,700
Median gross rent	$1,049	$1,396
Housing units	11,784	6,876
Homeownership rate	51.4%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calexico	Imperial
Population	39,946 → 38,476 (-3.7%)	17,454 → 20,943 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$43,592 → $50,021 (+14.7%)	$85,654 → $83,214 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$207,600 → $281,700 (+35.7%)	$239,900 → $344,700 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $1,049 (+16.0%)	$1,394 → $1,396 (+0.1%)

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

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)

	Calexico	Imperial
Under 5	7.6%	8.4%
5 to 17	20.7%	25.7%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	5.8%
75 and over	6.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calexico	Imperial
White (non-Hispanic)	1.0%	10.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	97.6%	84.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calexico	Imperial
No high school diploma	35.0%	17.1%
High school graduate	19.6%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calexico	Imperial
Drove alone	79.5%	75.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	12.4%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	9.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calexico	Imperial
1-unit, detached	63.8%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	10.9%
20 or more units	3.7%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Calexico	Imperial
Poverty rate	21.0%	12.4%
Average household size	3.87	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1990	2001