Holtville vs Imperial

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

Holtville 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 5,606 in Holtville). Imperial has the higher median household income ($83,214 vs $63,438 in Holtville). Imperial has the higher median home value ($344,700 vs $268,800 in Holtville).

Population, income & housing

	Holtville	Imperial
Population	5,606	20,943
Median age	37.0 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,438	$83,214
Median home value	$268,800	$344,700
Median gross rent	$797	$1,396
Housing units	1,818	6,876
Homeownership rate	51.9%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holtville	Imperial
Population	6,527 → 5,606 (-14.1%)	17,454 → 20,943 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$46,161 → $63,438 (+37.4%)	$85,654 → $83,214 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$186,600 → $268,800 (+44.1%)	$239,900 → $344,700 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $797 (+32.8%)	$1,394 → $1,396 (+0.1%)

Holtville

Population

6,5275,606

Median household income

$46,161$63,438

Median home value

$186,600$268,800

Median gross rent

$600$797

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)

	Holtville	Imperial
Under 5	6.4%	8.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	25.7%
18 to 24	11.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	5.8%
75 and over	8.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holtville	Imperial
White (non-Hispanic)	12.5%	10.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	84.2%	84.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holtville	Imperial
No high school diploma	33.4%	17.1%
High school graduate	23.6%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holtville	Imperial
Drove alone	81.5%	75.1%
Carpooled	13.1%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	9.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holtville	Imperial
1-unit, detached	54.1%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	10.9%
20 or more units	4.5%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Holtville	Imperial
Poverty rate	14.4%	12.4%
Average household size	3.51	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1977	2001