Calexico, California.
Typical home $395,359 (+4.4% in a year), asking rent $1,700 . El Centro, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,150 (+124%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $16,771 +4%
- $378,588$395,359 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $99,549 +34%
- $295,810$395,359 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.
- Calexico$2,075
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Calexico, CA rose 4.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Calexico, Imperial County, California
Calexico is a city of 38,633 people in Imperial County. Half its households earn more than $49,783 a year and half less, against $57,681 across Imperial County; 20% of its people live below the poverty line. 50% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 50% are rented. Unemployment in Calexico was 34.5% in August 2026, and Imperial County had 1.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Calexico is a city in Imperial County with a younger population than much of the country, and many of its households are renters as well as owners. Incomes run below the county's, and a larger share of residents live below the poverty line than most people would expect. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many American cities.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, farming and professional and business services. Among the largest workplaces in Calexico are Calexico Unified, the school district, along with Walmart and the grocery chain Food 4 Less FoodsCo. Unemployment is very high and has barely changed from a year earlier, though Imperial County has added a few more jobs than the year before.
Things to do. Winters are mild and dry, and summers are among the hottest anywhere in the country, with almost no snow and very little rain through the year. For time outdoors, the Alamo River is a short drive away, as is Stark Field, a stadium. Brock Reservoir lies a longer drive away.
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- 10,069households
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 20%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 7%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Imperial County had 67,955 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 70° and lows near 43°; warmest in July, with highs near 107° and lows near 78°. About 3 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the El Centro Ssw weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Calexico
- Calexico UnifiedSchool district976FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters548
- Nature Joy HarvestFarm labor contractors288
- CoppelAgents and brokers, nondurable goods, wholesale trade89
- Food 4 Less FoodsCoSupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores79
- Heritage Grocers GroupSupermarkets and other grocery retailers76
- Biomat USABlood and organ banks68
- Biomat USABlood and organ banks58
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,275 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of CalexicoRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Calexico’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Imperial County and the El Centro, CA metro.
Calexico home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Calexico$395,359
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Calexico listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Calexico18.69%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Calexico23
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Calexico8
Zip codes with a Calexico address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Calexico — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.