El Centro Naval Air Facility vs Salton Sea Beach

A side-by-side comparison of El Centro Naval Air Facility and Salton Sea Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

El Centro Naval Air Facility and Salton Sea Beach are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

El Centro Naval Air Facility has the higher population (497 vs 198 in Salton Sea Beach). Since 2019, El Centro Naval Air Facility's population has grown faster (-18.4% vs -24.1%).

Population, income & housing

	El Centro Naval Air Facility	Salton Sea Beach
Population	497	198
Median age	22.6 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,500	—
Median home value	—	$100,700
Median gross rent	$1,657	—
Housing units	140	224
Homeownership rate	0.0%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	14.6%	46.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Centro Naval Air Facility	Salton Sea Beach
Population	609 → 497 (-18.4%)	261 → 198 (-24.1%)
Median household income	$95,208 → $59,500 (-37.5%)	$63,155 → $59,808 (-5.3%)
Median home value	—	$54,700 → $100,700 (+84.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,657 (+31.5%)	—

El Centro Naval Air Facility

Population

609497

Median household income

$95,208$59,500

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,657

Salton Sea Beach

Population

261198

Median household income

$63,155$59,808

Median home value

$54,700$100,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Centro Naval Air Facility	Salton Sea Beach
Under 5	16.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	26.6%	22.2%
25 to 34	27.2%	24.7%
35 to 44	6.2%	1.0%
45 to 54	6.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	27.3%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Centro Naval Air Facility	Salton Sea Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	38.2%	87.9%
Black or African American	9.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	28.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.3%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Centro Naval Air Facility	Salton Sea Beach
No high school diploma	3.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	27.6%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Centro Naval Air Facility	Salton Sea Beach
Drove alone	30.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	13.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	38.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	11.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Centro Naval Air Facility	Salton Sea Beach
1-unit, detached	20.0%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	57.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	58.0%

Poverty & households

	El Centro Naval Air Facility	Salton Sea Beach
Poverty rate	0.0%	58.7%
Average household size	3.46	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	8	—
Median year structure built	1990	1984