Calipatria vs Salton City

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

Calipatria and Salton City 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 6,244 in Salton City). Calipatria has the higher median household income ($52,672 vs $36,915 in Salton City). Salton City has the higher median home value ($189,800 vs $172,900 in Calipatria).

Population, income & housing

	Calipatria	Salton City
Population	6,549	6,244
Median age	34.1 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,672	$36,915
Median home value	$172,900	$189,800
Median gross rent	$917	$1,295
Housing units	1,347	2,628
Homeownership rate	63.6%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	17.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calipatria	Salton City
Population	7,395 → 6,549 (-11.4%)	6,250 → 6,244 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$36,883 → $52,672 (+42.8%)	$34,087 → $36,915 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$145,700 → $172,900 (+18.7%)	$132,100 → $189,800 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $917 (+26.7%)	$980 → $1,295 (+32.1%)

Calipatria

Population

7,3956,549

Median household income

$36,883$52,672

Median home value

$145,700$172,900

Median gross rent

$724$917

Salton City

Population

6,2506,244

Median household income

$34,087$36,915

Median home value

$132,100$189,800

Median gross rent

$980$1,295

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calipatria	Salton City
Under 5	4.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	11.5%	22.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	27.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	19.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	5.8%
55 to 64	8.8%	9.1%
65 to 74	5.3%	14.0%
75 and over	2.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calipatria	Salton City
White (non-Hispanic)	6.9%	24.6%
Black or African American	9.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	81.6%	74.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calipatria	Salton City
No high school diploma	40.2%	31.3%
High school graduate	30.1%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	12.4%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calipatria	Salton City
Drove alone	88.7%	89.2%
Carpooled	4.6%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calipatria	Salton City
1-unit, detached	74.0%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	0.8%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Calipatria	Salton City
Poverty rate	25.2%	14.3%
Average household size	3.19	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	15	31
Median year structure built	1975	2002