Heber vs Imperial

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

Heber 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 7,308 in Heber). Imperial has the higher median household income ($83,214 vs $75,664 in Heber). Imperial has the higher median home value ($344,700 vs $284,300 in Heber).

Population, income & housing

	Heber	Imperial
Population	7,308	20,943
Median age	32.1 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,664	$83,214
Median home value	$284,300	$344,700
Median gross rent	$1,015	$1,396
Housing units	1,882	6,876
Homeownership rate	70.4%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heber	Imperial
Population	3,604 → 7,308 (+102.8%)	17,454 → 20,943 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $75,664 (+72.0%)	$85,654 → $83,214 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$176,300 → $284,300 (+61.3%)	$239,900 → $344,700 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,015 (+11.5%)	$1,394 → $1,396 (+0.1%)

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

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)

	Heber	Imperial
Under 5	8.3%	8.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	25.7%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	18.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	6.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	5.6%	5.8%
75 and over	5.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heber	Imperial
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	10.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	97.9%	84.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heber	Imperial
No high school diploma	22.2%	17.1%
High school graduate	25.8%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heber	Imperial
Drove alone	85.7%	75.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	9.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heber	Imperial
1-unit, detached	58.5%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	10.9%
20 or more units	4.3%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Heber	Imperial
Poverty rate	18.0%	12.4%
Average household size	4.38	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1996	2001