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El Centro, CA

44,186 Population
12.1 square miles 3,646.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 33 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$23,781 ±$1,615 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: $22,702 ±$691
  • about half the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$56,093 ±$3,985 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: $56,393 ±$2,266
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

20.1% ±3.7% (8,823  ±1,601) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 19.6% 33,705 (±1.5% / ±2,624)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

22.9 minutes ±2 (369,650  ±38,605) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 22 1,237,160 (±0.9 / ±60,756)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

12,832 ±485 Number of households
  • the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 48,844 ±774
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
3.4 ±0.1 (43,799  ±56) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 3.5 171,629 (±0.1 / ±255)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

5% ±1.9% (471  ±187) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 5.8% † 2,287 (±1.2% / ±488)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

14,535 ±493 Number of housing units
  • the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 57,511 ±185
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$291,100 ±$13,704 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: $279,500 ±$8,144
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

11.4% ±2.3% (4,960  ±993.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 8.9% † 15,791 (±1.2% / ±2,110.1)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

73.5% ±3.6% (19,457  ±1,144.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 71.9% 79,450 (±2.1% / ±2,359.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
15.8% ±2% (4,180  ±534.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 16.1% 17,804 (±1.1% / ±1,170.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

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

29.4% ±2.3% (12,998  ±1,000) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 30.8% 55,161
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

5% ±1.2% (1,556  ±358) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the El Centro, CA Metro Area: 3.7% † 4,671 (±0.5% / ±612)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
1,556 Total veterans ±358 1,434 Male ±346 122 Female ±99

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