Holtville vs Salton City

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

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

Salton City has the higher population (6,244 vs 5,606 in Holtville). Holtville has the higher median household income ($63,438 vs $36,915 in Salton City). Holtville has the higher median home value ($268,800 vs $189,800 in Salton City).

Population, income & housing

	Holtville	Salton City
Population	5,606	6,244
Median age	37.0 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,438	$36,915
Median home value	$268,800	$189,800
Median gross rent	$797	$1,295
Housing units	1,818	2,628
Homeownership rate	51.9%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	17.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holtville	Salton City
Population	6,527 → 5,606 (-14.1%)	6,250 → 6,244 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$46,161 → $63,438 (+37.4%)	$34,087 → $36,915 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$186,600 → $268,800 (+44.1%)	$132,100 → $189,800 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $797 (+32.8%)	$980 → $1,295 (+32.1%)

Holtville

Population

6,5275,606

Median household income

$46,161$63,438

Median home value

$186,600$268,800

Median gross rent

$600$797

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)

	Holtville	Salton City
Under 5	6.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	22.2%
18 to 24	11.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	8.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	7.4%	5.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	9.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	14.0%
75 and over	8.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holtville	Salton City
White (non-Hispanic)	12.5%	24.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	84.2%	74.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holtville	Salton City
No high school diploma	33.4%	31.3%
High school graduate	23.6%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	12.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holtville	Salton City
Drove alone	81.5%	89.2%
Carpooled	13.1%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	5.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holtville	Salton City
1-unit, detached	54.1%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	0.8%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Holtville	Salton City
Poverty rate	14.4%	14.3%
Average household size	3.51	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1977	2002