Heber vs Salton City

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

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

Heber has the higher population (7,308 vs 6,244 in Salton City). Heber has the higher median household income ($75,664 vs $36,915 in Salton City). Heber has the higher median home value ($284,300 vs $189,800 in Salton City).

Population, income & housing

	Heber	Salton City
Population	7,308	6,244
Median age	32.1 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,664	$36,915
Median home value	$284,300	$189,800
Median gross rent	$1,015	$1,295
Housing units	1,882	2,628
Homeownership rate	70.4%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	17.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heber	Salton City
Population	3,604 → 7,308 (+102.8%)	6,250 → 6,244 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $75,664 (+72.0%)	$34,087 → $36,915 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$176,300 → $284,300 (+61.3%)	$132,100 → $189,800 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,015 (+11.5%)	$980 → $1,295 (+32.1%)

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

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)

	Heber	Salton City
Under 5	8.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	22.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	18.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	15.0%	5.8%
55 to 64	6.8%	9.1%
65 to 74	5.6%	14.0%
75 and over	5.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heber	Salton City
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	24.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	97.9%	74.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heber	Salton City
No high school diploma	22.2%	31.3%
High school graduate	25.8%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	12.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heber	Salton City
Drove alone	85.7%	89.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	5.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heber	Salton City
1-unit, detached	58.5%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	0.8%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Heber	Salton City
Poverty rate	18.0%	14.3%
Average household size	4.38	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	18	31
Median year structure built	1996	2002