Calipatria vs Holtville

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

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

Calipatria has the higher population (6,549 vs 5,606 in Holtville). Holtville has the higher median household income ($63,438 vs $52,672 in Calipatria). Holtville has the higher median home value ($268,800 vs $172,900 in Calipatria).

Population, income & housing

	Calipatria	Holtville
Population	6,549	5,606
Median age	34.1 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,672	$63,438
Median home value	$172,900	$268,800
Median gross rent	$917	$797
Housing units	1,347	1,818
Homeownership rate	63.6%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calipatria	Holtville
Population	7,395 → 6,549 (-11.4%)	6,527 → 5,606 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$36,883 → $52,672 (+42.8%)	$46,161 → $63,438 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$145,700 → $172,900 (+18.7%)	$186,600 → $268,800 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $917 (+26.7%)	$600 → $797 (+32.8%)

Calipatria

Population

7,3956,549

Median household income

$36,883$52,672

Median home value

$145,700$172,900

Median gross rent

$724$917

Holtville

Population

6,5275,606

Median household income

$46,161$63,438

Median home value

$186,600$268,800

Median gross rent

$600$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calipatria	Holtville
Under 5	4.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	11.5%	21.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	27.3%	8.6%
35 to 44	19.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	7.4%
55 to 64	8.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	5.3%	10.2%
75 and over	2.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calipatria	Holtville
White (non-Hispanic)	6.9%	12.5%
Black or African American	9.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	81.6%	84.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calipatria	Holtville
No high school diploma	40.2%	33.4%
High school graduate	30.1%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calipatria	Holtville
Drove alone	88.7%	81.5%
Carpooled	4.6%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calipatria	Holtville
1-unit, detached	74.0%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	16.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Calipatria	Holtville
Poverty rate	25.2%	14.4%
Average household size	3.19	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1975	1977