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Mecca, CA

7,184 Population
6.9 square miles 1,038.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 35.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,808 ±$1,838 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $36,450 ±$242
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,312 ±$10,753 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $89,662 ±$787
  • about half the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.8% ±7.1% (1,270  ±536) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 11.9% 547,256 (±0.2% / ±10,743)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.7 minutes ±1.7 (93,330  ±19,081) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 33.2 60,067,844 (±0.2 / ±424,735)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,186 ±392 Number of households
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,450,250 ±2,741
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.3 ±0.7 (7,184  ±996) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 3.2 4,599,609 (±0 / ±801)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.5% ±1.4% (28  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.2% 58,786 (±0.2% / ±2,435)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,382 ±415 Number of housing units
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,613,300 ±509
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$224,300 ±$29,698 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $536,300 ±$2,387
  • about one-third of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.2% ±3% (301  ±221.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 9.5% 438,765 (±0.2% / ±9,973.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

39.9% ±5.9% (1,731  ±400.9) High school grad or higher
  • about half the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 83% 2,550,191
  • about half the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
4.8% ±2.1% (208  ±100) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 24.5% 753,006
  • less than a fifth of the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

48.4% ±6.9% (3,475  ±692) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 21.8% 1,018,578
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

0.2% ±0.4% (12  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.3% 185,774 (±0.1% / ±3,370)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
12 Total veterans ±19 N/A Male ±19 12 Female ±19

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