Calipatria vs Heber

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

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

Heber has the higher population (7,308 vs 6,549 in Calipatria). Heber has the higher median household income ($75,664 vs $52,672 in Calipatria). Heber has the higher median home value ($284,300 vs $172,900 in Calipatria).

Population, income & housing

	Calipatria	Heber
Population	6,549	7,308
Median age	34.1 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,672	$75,664
Median home value	$172,900	$284,300
Median gross rent	$917	$1,015
Housing units	1,347	1,882
Homeownership rate	63.6%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calipatria	Heber
Population	7,395 → 6,549 (-11.4%)	3,604 → 7,308 (+102.8%)
Median household income	$36,883 → $52,672 (+42.8%)	$44,000 → $75,664 (+72.0%)
Median home value	$145,700 → $172,900 (+18.7%)	$176,300 → $284,300 (+61.3%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $917 (+26.7%)	$910 → $1,015 (+11.5%)

Calipatria

Population

7,3956,549

Median household income

$36,883$52,672

Median home value

$145,700$172,900

Median gross rent

$724$917

Heber

Population

3,6047,308

Median household income

$44,000$75,664

Median home value

$176,300$284,300

Median gross rent

$910$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calipatria	Heber
Under 5	4.4%	8.3%
5 to 17	11.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	27.3%	18.0%
35 to 44	19.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	15.0%
55 to 64	8.8%	6.8%
65 to 74	5.3%	5.6%
75 and over	2.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calipatria	Heber
White (non-Hispanic)	6.9%	0.5%
Black or African American	9.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
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%	97.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calipatria	Heber
No high school diploma	40.2%	22.2%
High school graduate	30.1%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calipatria	Heber
Drove alone	88.7%	85.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calipatria	Heber
1-unit, detached	74.0%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	14.2%
20 or more units	1.9%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Calipatria	Heber
Poverty rate	25.2%	18.0%
Average household size	3.19	4.38
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1975	1996