El Centro

Data as of · Metro Power Rankings

#1777

Global Rank

0.6

Power Score

Local Metro
Share

United States • North America • Language power • Time zone America/Los_Angeles UTC−8 (PST) (observes summer time)

Population
182K
GDP
$14B
GDP per capita
$74,197
Land area
1,647 km² (636 mi²)
Density
110/km² (286/mi²)

Primary city El Centro

State / province California

Language English

El Centro metro area

32.79, -115.56
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Dimension Breakdown

Value and global rank across all 16 dimensions
World #1Top 5Outside top 5

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House Prices

FHFA to 2026 Q2

FHFA all-transactions index for El Centro, CA, since 1989. Real terms in 2024 dollars. Full history and the year-by-year table.

real, 2024 dollarsnominalindex, first quarter = 100 · shaded: 2007 to 2012
0501001502002503003504001990200020102020

One year
One year +3.8%
nominal
Ten years
Ten years +56.3%
real, 2024 $
Since 2000
Since 2000 +81.9%
real, 2024 $
2007 to 2012
2007 to 2012 −55.9%
2007Q1 to 2012Q2

Languages of El Centro

English first in California; 2 languages share it.

LanguageShare
English55.6%
Spanish28.3%
Mandarin Chinese3.5%
Tagalog2.1%
Vietnamese1.5%
English reach, California
91%
Tier 1 census

California on the languages board · Language power

Screen of El Centro

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Leading figures: Cher