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La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, CA

131,596 Population
25.2 square miles 5,230.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in San Diego County: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,524 ±$2,856 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in San Diego County: $51,564 ±$842
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$95,117 ±$7,545 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in San Diego County: $103,674 ±$1,360
  • about the same as the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

10.6% ±2.4% (13,722  ±3,286) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in San Diego County: 10.1% 318,653 (±0.5% / ±16,712)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

26 minutes ±0.5 (1,523,550  ±66,061) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in San Diego County: 25.9 35,052,600 (±0.1 / ±254,394)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

48,808 ±3,049 Number of households
  • San Diego County: 1,181,259 ±6,526
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
2.7 ±0.1 (129,920  ±8,670) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in San Diego County: 2.7 3,148,585 (±0 / ±1,666)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

7.5% ±2.6% (2,331  ±827) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in San Diego County: 5.4% 42,558 (±0.5% / ±3,894)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

50,953 ±3,277 Number of housing units
  • San Diego County: 1,261,999 ±668
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$778,500 ±$28,127 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in San Diego County: $864,900 ±$7,906
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

11.2% ±2.6% (14,540  ±3,533.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in San Diego County: 12.6% 407,477 (±0.5% / ±16,764.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

92% ±0.6% (86,530  ±5,038.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in San Diego County: 89% 2,026,569 (±1% / ±23,755.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
36.5% ±2.4% (34,313  ±3,037.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in San Diego County: 43.5% 991,750 (±0.7% / ±15,635.7)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

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

17.2% ±1.9% (22,616  ±2,866) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in San Diego County: 23.1% 756,142
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

9.6% ±1.4% (9,769  ±1,557) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in San Diego County: 7% 176,043 (±0.3% / ±7,323)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
9,769 Total veterans ±1,557 8,452 Male ±1,454 1,317 Female ±524

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