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El Centro, CA metro ZIP codes, ranked by the ZipVitals Score
Every El Centro, CA metro ZIP code (ZCTA) with a ZipVitals Score, ranked within the metro — descriptive of documented conditions, never a verdict on the people who live there.
Data release 202615 ZIP codes in this ranking
- 20,10892251in Imperial · 27,454 residents47.05
- 22,83892249in Heber · 7,312 residents44.58
- 22,88792273in Seeley · 1,090 residents44.53
- 23,68492250in Holtville · 7,830 residents43.72
- 24,77092227in Brawley · 28,315 residents42.55
- 24,96692243in El Centro · 49,069 residents42.31
- 26,48492231in Calexico · 38,621 residents40.40
- 29,67092275in Salton City · 1,219 residents34.18
- 30,12292233in Calipatria · 6,836 residents32.70
- 30,79292222in Bard · 0 residents29.87
- 31,23292281in Westmorland · 2,082 residents27.07
- 31,59892259in Ocotillo · 198 residents23.64
- 31,64592257in Niland · 2,158 residents23.19
- 31,65092283in Winterhaven · 1,732 residents23.14
- 31,83492266in Palo Verde · 99 residents20.79
How this ranking works
Ranks are each ZIP code’s position in the full national ZipVitals Score ranking, so the numbers jump — this metro holds 15 of the tens of thousands of scored US ZIP codes — and they never change with the sort direction; the rank a ZIP carries here is the rank it carries everywhere on this site. A ZIP whose data is too thin to score is held out entirely rather than filled from county or metro figures.
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A high score describes favorable documented conditions — never a claim about residents. Where ZIP codes score low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.