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Notable locations in West Imperial: Salton Sea Service Station (A), Old Carrizo Stage Station (B), Salton Sea Beach Marina (C), Salton Golf Course (D), Ocotillo Community Center (E), Ocotillo Branch Imperial County Free Library (F), West Shore Ambulance Service (G), Salton Sea Beach Volunteer Fire Department (H), Centinela State Prison Fire Department (I), Imperial County Fire Department Station 6 (J). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lake: Salton Sea (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Gravel Wash (A), Grave Wash (B), Gert Wash (C), Fish Creek Wash (D), Coyote Wash (E), Coral Wash (F), Campbell Wash (G), Boulder Creek (H), Biloxi Wash (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in West Imperial include: Imperial Highway Monument (1), Stage Station Historical Marker (2), Vista De Anza Historical Marker (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Beaches: Sandy Beach (A), Sea View Beach (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
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Imperial County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends
(lower is better)
AQI
Ozone
PM10
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 40.2. This is worse than average.
Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 33.7. This is about average. Closest monitor was 23.6 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 42.7. This is significantly worse than average. Closest monitor was 23.6 miles away from the city center.
Average household size:
| This place: |  2.3 people | | California: |  2.9 people |
| This place: | 48.4% | | Whole state: | 68.9% |
| This place: | 5.3% | | Whole state: | 5.9% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2009:
| This place: | 21.3% | | Whole state: | 14.2% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2009:
| This place: | 11.0% | | Whole state: | 6.3% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in West Imperial, CA
4,472 people in state prisons
West Imperial compared to California state average:
- Median household income significantly below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
- Number of rooms per house below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- No fuel used (3%)
- Utility gas (3%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Imperial County California:
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Religion statistics for West Imperial (based on Imperial County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 62.56%
| Here | | 62.6% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Southern Baptist Convention | Assemblies of God | LDS (Mormon) Church | Seventh-Day Adventist Church |
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| Adherents | 82.5% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
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| Congregations | 16.3% | 9.6% | 13.5% | 3.8% | 4.8% |
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| Name | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | American Baptist Churches in the USA | United Methodist Church | Friends (Quakers) | Other |
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| Adherents | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 4.0% |
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| Congregations | 3.8% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 2.9% | 37.5% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 40 | Imperial County: | 2.49 / 10,000 pop. | | California: | 2.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.06 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.04 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 10 | Imperial County: | 0.62 / 10,000 pop. | | California: | 0.62 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 52 | Imperial County: | 3.23 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 1.49 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 78 | Here: | 4.85 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.42 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 6.9% | | California: | 7.3% |
Adult obesity rate: | Imperial County: | 25.4% | | California: | 21.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 16.6% | | State: | 17.9% |
5.49% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,622 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.49% | | California average: | 5.75% |
0.29% of residents moved from foreign countries ($631 average AGI)| Imperial County: | 0.29% | | California average: | 0.21% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
4.72% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,410 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.72% | | California average: | 6.27% |
0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($421 average AGI)| Imperial County: | 0.08% | | California average: | 0.11% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in West Imperial:
- KFMB (760 AM; 50 kW; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: MIDWEST TELEVISION, INC.)
- KCBQ (1170 AM; 50 kW; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: RADIO 1210, INC.)
- KPLS (830 AM; 50 kW; ORANGE, CA; Owner: CRN LICENSES, LLC)
- KLAC (570 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- KFI (640 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KNWZ (970 AM; 5 kW; COACHELLA, CA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
- KNWQ (1140 AM; 10 kW; PALM SPRINGS, CA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
- KPRZ (1210 AM; 20 kW; SAN MARCOS, CA; Owner: RADIO 1210, INC.)
- KTNQ (1020 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: KTNQ-AM LICENSE CORP.)
- KSPN (710 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: KABC-AM RADIO, INC.)
- KXTA (1150 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KDIS (1110 AM; 50 kW; PASADENA, CA; Owner: ABC,INC.)
- KFWB (980 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in West Imperial:
- KLVJ (100.1 FM; JULIAN, CA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
- KZAL (105.5 FM; DESERT CENTER, CA; Owner: WORLDWIDE MULTI-MEDIA B/C CO.)
- KLRD (90.1 FM; YUCAIPA, CA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
- KRTM (88.9 FM; TEMECULA, CA; Owner: PENFOLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KSEH (94.5 FM; BRAWLEY, CA; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KATY-FM (101.3 FM; IDYLLWILD, CA; Owner: ALL PRO BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KRCK-FM (97.7 FM; MECCA, CA; Owner: PLAYA DEL SOL BROADCASTERS)
West Imperial on our top lists:
- #1 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (population 5,000+)"
- #1 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Recyclable material merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #3 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Nonmetallic mineral products (population 5,000+)"
- #3 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (population 5,000+)"
- #4 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Gasoline stations (population 5,000+)"
- #5 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Private households (population 5,000+)"
- #6 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most Hispanic residents"
- #7 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most Other race residents"
- #12 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in state prisons"
- #24 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest daily high temperatures"
- #25 on the list of "Top 100 cities with the largest percentage of males"
- #32 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest differences between daily high and daily low temperatures (population 5,000+)"
- #38 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the hottest summers (population 5,000+)"
- #38 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (population 5,000+)"
- #40 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (population 5,000+)"
- #41 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (population 5,000+)"
- #47 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #52 on the list of "Top 100 cities with largest land areas (pop. 5,000+)"
- #61 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (population 5,000+)"
- #67 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (population 5,000+)"
- #2 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest carbon monoxide air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
- #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM10) Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m3)"
- #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #11 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"
- #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM10) 24-hour air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m3)"
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