Calipatria vs El Centro

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

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

El Centro has the higher population (44,186 vs 6,549 in Calipatria). El Centro has the higher median household income ($56,093 vs $52,672 in Calipatria). El Centro has the higher median home value ($291,100 vs $172,900 in Calipatria).

Population, income & housing

	Calipatria	El Centro
Population	6,549	44,186
Median age	34.1 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,672	$56,093
Median home value	$172,900	$291,100
Median gross rent	$917	$992
Housing units	1,347	14,535
Homeownership rate	63.6%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calipatria	El Centro
Population	7,395 → 6,549 (-11.4%)	44,003 → 44,186 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$36,883 → $52,672 (+42.8%)	$47,864 → $56,093 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$145,700 → $172,900 (+18.7%)	$192,600 → $291,100 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $917 (+26.7%)	$803 → $992 (+23.5%)

Calipatria

Population

7,3956,549

Median household income

$36,883$52,672

Median home value

$145,700$172,900

Median gross rent

$724$917

El Centro

Population

44,00344,186

Median household income

$47,864$56,093

Median home value

$192,600$291,100

Median gross rent

$803$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calipatria	El Centro
Under 5	4.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.5%	23.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.2%
25 to 34	27.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	19.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	8.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	5.3%	7.4%
75 and over	2.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calipatria	El Centro
White (non-Hispanic)	6.9%	7.6%
Black or African American	9.9%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	81.6%	86.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calipatria	El Centro
No high school diploma	40.2%	26.5%
High school graduate	30.1%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calipatria	El Centro
Drove alone	88.7%	78.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calipatria	El Centro
1-unit, detached	74.0%	54.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	11.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Calipatria	El Centro
Poverty rate	25.2%	20.1%
Average household size	3.19	3.41
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1975	1982