El Centro is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join El Centro, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does El Centro have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
15 in every 100 adults in El Centro have a bachelor’s degree or more
People 65 and older make up 14 in 100 residents (CA: 16). About 44,382 people call El Centro home (2025 Census estimate). Across CA, 17 in 100 workers work from home; here, 6. From the 2010 census to the 2020 one, the change was +4%.
Median age 31 (CA 37.9).
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.8 points. Median age: women 32.7, men 30.3.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 6% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 22 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how El Centro says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Neighbors next door
None of the 1 bordering towns has a member yet either. Invite a friend next door.
Start the first group in El Centro
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What El Centro’s neighbors have built
1 contributions so far, one patch each.
Neighbors are members whose home town is El Centro or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in El Centro in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.