Salton Sea Beach vs Winterhaven

A side-by-side comparison of Salton Sea Beach and Winterhaven: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Salton Sea Beach has the higher population (198 vs 11 in Winterhaven). Since 2019, Salton Sea Beach's population has grown faster (-24.1% vs -94.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Salton Sea Beach	Winterhaven
Population	198	11
Median age	48.3 yrs	—
Median home value	$100,700	—
Housing units	224	42
Homeownership rate	54.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	46.2%	—

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salton Sea Beach	Winterhaven
Population	261 → 198 (-24.1%)	192 → 11 (-94.3%)
Median household income	$63,155 → $59,808 (-5.3%)	$8,949 → $11,699 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$54,700 → $100,700 (+84.1%)	—

Salton Sea Beach

Population

261198

Median household income

$63,155$59,808

Median home value

$54,700$100,700

Winterhaven

Population

19211

Median household income

$8,949$11,699

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salton Sea Beach	Winterhaven
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	22.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	24.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	1.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	27.3%	100.0%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salton Sea Beach	Winterhaven
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salton Sea Beach	Winterhaven
No high school diploma	10.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.8%	100.0%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salton Sea Beach	Winterhaven
Drove alone	100.0%	—
Carpooled	0.0%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	0.0%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	0.0%	—
Other means	0.0%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salton Sea Beach	Winterhaven
1-unit, detached	42.0%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	40.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Salton Sea Beach	Winterhaven
Poverty rate	58.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.81	—
Median year structure built	1984	1987