Imperial Beach vs Winter Gardens

A side-by-side comparison of Imperial Beach and Winter Gardens: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Imperial Beach has the higher population (25,897 vs 22,003 in Winter Gardens). Winter Gardens has the higher median household income ($94,320 vs $79,071 in Imperial Beach). Imperial Beach has the higher median home value ($811,000 vs $558,800 in Winter Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Imperial Beach	Winter Gardens
Population	25,897	22,003
Median age	35.2 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,071	$94,320
Median home value	$811,000	$558,800
Median gross rent	$1,914	$1,855
Housing units	10,276	7,869
Homeownership rate	30.7%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Imperial Beach	Winter Gardens
Population	27,315 → 25,897 (-5.2%)	23,545 → 22,003 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$53,690 → $79,071 (+47.3%)	$69,063 → $94,320 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$563,600 → $811,000 (+43.9%)	$414,000 → $558,800 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,459 → $1,914 (+31.2%)	$1,354 → $1,855 (+37.0%)

Imperial Beach

Population

27,31525,897

Median household income

$53,690$79,071

Median home value

$563,600$811,000

Median gross rent

$1,459$1,914

Winter Gardens

Population

23,54522,003

Median household income

$69,063$94,320

Median home value

$414,000$558,800

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Imperial Beach	Winter Gardens
Under 5	7.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	17.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.5%
75 and over	4.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Imperial Beach	Winter Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	64.9%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.1%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.5%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	27.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Imperial Beach	Winter Gardens
No high school diploma	14.7%	9.6%
High school graduate	29.0%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Imperial Beach	Winter Gardens
Drove alone	71.6%	73.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	7.7%
Public transit	4.4%	0.9%
Walked	3.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.4%	14.0%
Other means	0.9%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Imperial Beach	Winter Gardens
1-unit, detached	39.4%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	28.8%	10.4%
20 or more units	7.3%	14.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Imperial Beach	Winter Gardens
Poverty rate	15.2%	9.3%
Average household size	2.67	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1972	1977