Population
6,549 residents
Census ACS 2023 — California
City profile · California · Census ACS 2023
Population, income, housing, safety, climate and schools for Calipatria — drawn straight from Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA, NCES, HUD and FEMA, refreshed on the 2024–2025 release cycle.
Calipatria is a city in California with a population of 6,549 residents based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here reaches $52,672 per year, while the poverty rate sits at 17.3%. Typical homes in Calipatria are valued around $172,900, and the median resident age is 34.1 years. About 3.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 21.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 299.0 incidents per 1,000 residents, above the national average, indicating elevated public-safety concerns.
On a cost-of-living index where 100 equals the national average, California registers 110.7 (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $2,053 per month. Average monthly utility bills run around $275 based on EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 out of 100 (Very High).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, PlainCities renders standardized city-level demographic, income, education, employment, and housing indicators across more than 19,000 incorporated places nationwide. Population counts and median household income figures are sourced directly from Census Table B01003 and B19013 respectively, with poverty rates from B17001 and cost-of-living adjustments from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Regional Price Parities (RPP) 2024 release. Every value displayed in this snapshot links back to the official upstream tables and is refreshed on the ACS annual release cadence (typically December of the survey year + 1).
Methodology: city boundaries follow the Census Bureau's place-level geography (incorporated places, census-designated places, and consolidated city-county governments), with FIPS codes ensuring consistent identifiers across decennial and annual surveys. Cost-of-living comparisons use BEA's Regional Price Parities (RPP) indexed to the national average (100), enabling cross-city purchasing-power comparisons. See our methodology page for full source attribution, refresh cadence, and known data quality limitations including margin-of-error disclosure and sample-size thresholds.
Population
6,549 residents
Census ACS 2023 — California
Median Household Income
$52,672 /yr
Poverty 17.3%
Cost of Living Index
110.7 (US=100)
Above Average — BEA RPP 2024
Where Calipatria sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure — computed live from Census and FBI data.
Percentiles compare Calipatria against every US city with at least 1,000 residents. "Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Census ACS S1501 — educational attainment
Census ACS S1701 — poverty status
Census ACS S2301 — share of working-age residents in the labor force
How workers travel to work — Census ACS 2023
Based on 1,208 workers 16 and over.
State-average estimates for California — EIA 2023 residential energy data
Estimates reflect California state averages. Actual costs vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
California state-level data from PlainCost, PlainRent, and PlainHazard
National-average reference values shown when city-level race/ethnicity table is not loaded. Source: Census ACS 5-year, OMB Directive 15 race-and-ethnicity categories.
Census ACS 2023 — population and median income benchmarks
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Calipatria, CA has a population of 6,549 according to U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates.
The median household income in Calipatria is $52,672 per year, based on Census ACS 2023 data.
Calipatria has a cost of living index of 110.7 (U.S. average = 100), rated "Above Average" based on BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 data.
Calipatria has a total crime rate of 299.0 per 1,000 residents, which is above the national average. Source: FBI UCR data.
The median home value in Calipatria is $172,900, according to Census ACS 2023 estimates.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.