Zip lookup · CA

92243
El Centro, California.

El Centro, Imperial County, CA · El Centro, CA metro · population 49,069

What it costs per month · 92243 $2,047/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,110 (+118%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $21,297 +6%
$368,726$390,022 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $92,229 +31%
$297,794$390,022 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 92243 $2,047 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 92243$2,047
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.

Typical home values in zip 92243 rose 5.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: El Centro, CA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Asking rent $1,565 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $390,022 as of Sep 2026
+5.8%year on year

Asking rent — 92243

Against the El Centro, CA metro and the national benchmark.

$1,200 $1,400 $1,600 $1,800 2026 92243 $1,565 El Centro $1,803 United States $1,932
$1,200 $1,400 $1,600 $1,800 2026
  • 92243$1,565
  • El Centro$1,803
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 92243

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 92243 $390,022 El Centro $382,009 United States $366,157
$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 92243$390,022
  • El Centro$382,009
  • United States$366,157

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Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.