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Imperial city, California

People
Population21,430B01003
Population, 2020 census20,263P1
Median age31.3B01002
Under 1834.8%B01001
65 and over9.5%B01001
Households5,980B11001
Foreign born25.0%B05002
Money
Median household income$90,195B19013
Median family income$97,150B19113
Per capita income$29,877B19301
Poverty rate12.5%B17001
Unemployment rate8.2%B23025
Civilian labor force8,950B23025
Mean commute (minutes)18.6B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher22.7%B15003
Housing
Housing units6,732B25001
Owner-occupied69.5%B25003
Renters30.5%B25003
Median home value$360,900B25077
Median gross rent$1,255B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic10.5%B03002
Black0.5%B03002
Hispanic or Latino85.4%B03002
Asian2.9%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the county: median household income here is 156% of Imperial County's ($57,681); poverty 12.5% against 19.5%.

Map

Imperial city: 21,430ZIP 92251: 144 nonprofits, $17,203,553ZIP 92243: 1 nonprofits

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FURP records in Imperial, CA

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits145$17,203,553 revenue (latest return)IMPERIAL VALLEY FOOD BANK ($10,531,492)
Nonprofit contractors7$7,975,944 paid by nonprofitsCASTILLO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ($3,650,391)
Colleges and schools18,111 enrollmentImperial Valley College (8,111)
Form D issuers1$18,026,696 amount soldCONTROLLED THERMAL RESOURCES HOLDINGS INC. ($18,026,696)
Political committees2IMPERIAL COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY (FED)
Form 5500 plan sponsors4348 plansIMPERIAL VALLEY FAMILY CARE MEDICAL GROUP, APC (3)
Open Payments recipients40$2,662,364 industry paymentsSUN VALLEY RESEARCH CENTER INC ($1,464,675)
Patent and trademark owners1318 patents and marksDune Company of Imperial Valley, LLC (4)
Federal award recipients540$714,207,401 federal awardsIMPERIAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT ($406,999,553)
State business registrations45LARRY A. GILBERT

Cross-reference: 145 nonprofits for 21,430 residents is 67.7 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $17,203,553 is $803 per resident, 3.2% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1TIM KELLEYCEOIMPERIAL VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPEMENT CORPORATION$194,81920242.2x
2Todd EvangelistExecutive Dir.IMPERIAL VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$169,18720241.9x
3Monica RogersCoordinatorIMPERIAL VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$156,19320241.7x
4SARA GRIFFENCEOIMPERIAL VALLEY FOOD BANK FOUNDATION$138,38220241.5x
5Rod SmartExecutive Dir.IMPERIAL VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$123,39120231.4x
6KEVIN THOMPSONCHAIRMANCALIFORNIA CRIME VICTIMS COALITION$100,50020251.1x
7ANTHONY BLANCOBOARD MEMBERCALIFORNIA CRIME VICTIMS COALITION$97,00020251.1x
8GERARDO ARTEAGABOARD MEMBERCALIFORNIA CRIME VICTIMS COALITION$83,00020250.9x
9JAMIE SWAIN2nd Vice PresidCRIME VICTIM COALITION$63,50020240.7x
10KEVIN THOMSONPresidentCRIME VICTIM COALITION$63,50020240.7x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $90,195.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0