Salton City
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census-designated place in Imperial County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Imperial
- Total
- 21.437 sq mi (55.522 km )
- Land
- 21.437 sq mi (55.522 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0 km ) 0%
- Elevation
- −125 ft (−38 m)
- Density
- 240.5/sq mi (92.85/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 ( PDT )
- Area code
- 442/760
- Fips code
- 06-64294
- Gnis feature ids
- 1853413 , 2409242
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- census-designated place in the United States
- Official name
- Salton City
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Imperial County
- Population
- 5155
- Area
- 55.505634
- Elevation
- -38
- Time zone
- UTC−08:00
- Households
- 2645
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- Commons category
- Salton City, California
- postal code
- 92275
- water as percent of area
- 0
- water area
- 0
- per capita income
- 17940
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Encyclopedic overview
Salton City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California. It is the largest Imperial County development on the Salton Sea coast. It is part of the El Centro, California Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2020 census reported a population of 5,155, up from 3,763 at the 2010 census and 978 in 2000.
Although planned and developed as a large resort community with an extensive road, water, sewer and power grid capable of supporting 40,000 residents on 12,000 residential lots, demand for property in Salton City fell drastically short of the planners' expectations. According to the 2010 census, 81% of the surveyed lots in Salton City remain undeveloped, and 38% of the habitable residences in Salton City are unoccupied. Despite Salton City's higher population compared to nearby Salton Sea communities such as Bombay Beach and Desert Shores, the eerie, mostly-abandoned appearance of the area has led some to call it a modern ghost town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salton City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.