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Costa Mesa, CA

108,367 Population
15.8 square miles 6,856.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$55,641 ±$4,934 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $46,589 ±$379
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$101,433 ±$10,485 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $91,960 ±$779
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

9% ±3.7% (9,688  ±3,954) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.6% 1,585,798 (±0.3% / ±38,842)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

22.1 minutes ±0.4 (1,118,180  ±40,376) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 29.9 158,071,870 (±0.1 / ±561,489)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

42,336 ±2,355 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,542,998 ±10,740
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
2.5 ±0.1 (106,304  ±106) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8 12,545,130 (±0 / ±2,416)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

4.1% ±1.6% (1,262  ±515) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.2% 130,398 (±0.2% / ±7,499)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

45,092 ±2,645 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,828,892 ±863
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$1,099,800 ±$51,978 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $867,200 ±$4,333
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

12.7% ±3.2% (13,541  ±3,457.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 9.3% 1,173,921 (±0.3% / ±32,630.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

86.1% ±5.1% (67,064  ±4,908.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82.7% 7,495,534 (±0.5% / ±45,581.1)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
47.8% ±4.1% (37,269  ±3,542.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.5% 3,487,205 (±0.3% / ±29,272.7)
  • about 1.3 times 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

25% ±3.1% (27,059  ±3,371) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.9% 4,207,484
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

3.3% ±1% (2,894  ±912) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8% 287,466 (±0.1% / ±8,605)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
2,894 Total veterans ±912 2,797 Male ±883 97 Female ±116

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