housing costs · California
Housing costs in Imperial County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,056 | ± $30 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,012 | ± $39 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $961 | ± $30 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $892 | ± $28 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $309,600 | ± $8,398 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $279,500 | ± $8,144 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $256,000 | ± $7,742 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $219,800 | ± $6,531 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 31.6 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 31.2 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 32.1 % | ± 1.7 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 32.0 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Imperial County is $1,056, below the California median of $1,624 across 56 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.