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El Centro, CA

44,240 Population
12.1 square miles 3,651 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 33.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,590 ±$1,315 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: $23,552 ±$784
  • about half the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$53,082 ±$5,563 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: $57,681 ±$2,564
  • about half the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

21.6% ±3.2% (9,487  ±1,407) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 19.5% 33,819 (±1.4% / ±2,443)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

22 minutes ±2.2 (333,790  ±38,985) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 22.1 1,247,890 (±0.9 / ±60,123)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

12,890 ±537 Number of households
  • the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 49,644 ±655
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
3.4 ±0.1 (43,833  ±48) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 3.5 173,049 (±0.1 / ±252)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

5.8% ±2.2% (540  ±207) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 5.8% † 2,293 (±1.1% / ±452)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

14,656 ±455 Number of housing units
  • the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 58,044 ±117
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$323,100 ±$11,809 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: $309,600 ±$8,398
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

10.1% ±2.2% (4,433  ±968) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 8.7% † 15,447 (±1.1% / ±1,919.2)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

73.3% ±3.2% (19,492  ±1,080.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 71.5% 79,682 (±2.1% / ±2,315.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
14.9% ±1.7% (3,958  ±472.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 16.1% 17,902 (±1% / ±1,130.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

29.6% ±2.5% (13,107  ±1,103) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 31.6% 56,995
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

5% ±1% (1,527  ±320) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 3.5% † 4,439 (±0.4% / ±553)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
1,527 Total veterans ±320 1,415 Male ±310 112 Female ±106

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