Ocotillo, CA

Ocotillo is a census-designated place in Imperial County, California. The 2020 census counted 215 residents. Ocotillo is located 26 miles west of El Centro. Ocotillo is part of the El Centro, California Metropolitan Statistical Area. The short version is that Ocotillo carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Ocotillo: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Ocotillo is located on a site that originally sat on the edge of ancient Lake Cahuilla and is the traditional territory of the Kumeyaay. The town originated as a retirement community. Ocotillo has a hot-desert climate with long, extremely hot summers, and mild to warm winters.