Calipatria vs Imperial

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

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

Imperial has the higher population (20,943 vs 6,549 in Calipatria). Imperial has the higher median household income ($83,214 vs $52,672 in Calipatria). Imperial has the higher median home value ($344,700 vs $172,900 in Calipatria).

Population, income & housing

	Calipatria	Imperial
Population	6,549	20,943
Median age	34.1 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,672	$83,214
Median home value	$172,900	$344,700
Median gross rent	$917	$1,396
Housing units	1,347	6,876
Homeownership rate	63.6%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calipatria	Imperial
Population	7,395 → 6,549 (-11.4%)	17,454 → 20,943 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$36,883 → $52,672 (+42.8%)	$85,654 → $83,214 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$145,700 → $172,900 (+18.7%)	$239,900 → $344,700 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $917 (+26.7%)	$1,394 → $1,396 (+0.1%)

Calipatria

Population

7,3956,549

Median household income

$36,883$52,672

Median home value

$145,700$172,900

Median gross rent

$724$917

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)

	Calipatria	Imperial
Under 5	4.4%	8.4%
5 to 17	11.5%	25.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	27.3%	9.7%
35 to 44	19.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	8.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	5.3%	5.8%
75 and over	2.8%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calipatria	Imperial
White (non-Hispanic)	6.9%	10.4%
Black or African American	9.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	81.6%	84.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calipatria	Imperial
No high school diploma	40.2%	17.1%
High school graduate	30.1%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calipatria	Imperial
Drove alone	88.7%	75.1%
Carpooled	4.6%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calipatria	Imperial
1-unit, detached	74.0%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	10.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Calipatria	Imperial
Poverty rate	25.2%	12.4%
Average household size	3.19	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1975	2001