What is the population of Holtville city?

Holtville city has 5,606 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #631 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Holtville city?

Median household income in Holtville city is $63,438 a year, 19.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Holtville city?

Median gross rent is $797 a month and the median home value is $268,800, so rent absorbs about 15.1% of median household income.

Is Holtville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Holtville city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Holtville, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Holtville, California (Holtville, CA — Census place “Holtville city”) is 5,606 residents, ranking #631 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $63,438, the median home is worth $268,800 and median gross rent runs $797 a month. Looking for the Holtville California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Holtville, CA: 92250.

Population: 5,606Holtville city residents
Median household income: $63,438Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $268,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $797Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 51.9%Owner-occupied households

Holtville ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Holtville.

The Holtville CA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

92250

What the numbers mean in Holtville city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Holtville city median would spend about 15.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.4% of residents and 51.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Holtville city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Holtville city is a mid-size town in California, with 5,606 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #631 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 61% of them. The median age here is 37 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Holtville city earn a median of $63,438 a year, 19.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 30% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 14.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Holtville city is valued at $268,800, 11.4% below the national figure and 54% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $797 a month, 43.3% below the national figure, or roughly $9,564 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 51.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Holtville city?: Holtville city has 5,606 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #631 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Holtville city?: Median household income in Holtville city is $63,438 a year, 19.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Holtville city?: Median gross rent is $797 a month and the median home value is $268,800, so rent absorbs about 15.1% of median household income.
Is Holtville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Holtville city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Holtville city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.