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Costa Mesa, CA

113,011 Population
15.8 square miles 7,154.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in California: 37 ±0.1

Economics

$41,242 ±$2,943 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $37,764 ±$290
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $39,393 ±$177
$91,857 ±$10,649 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $77,774 ±$850
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $80,440 ±$313

9.2% ±2.4% (10,200  ±2,656) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.4% 1,617,730 (±0.3% / ±36,524)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 11.8% 4,552,837 (±0.2% / ±67,995)

22.9 minutes ±0.6 (1,334,045  ±48,536) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 30.9 185,667,455 (±0.1 / ±639,231)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 29.8 509,970,415 (±0.1 / ±1,354,876)

Families

38,762 ±2,098 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,372,678 ±11,595
  • California: 13,157,873 ±23,844
2.9 ±0.2 (111,183  ±808) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3 12,981,466 (±0 / ±6,315)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 2.9 38,685,702 (±0)

8.6% ±3.6% (2,585  ±1,092) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.3% 142,363 (±0.2% / ±5,718)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 4.7% 450,971 (±0.1% / ±10,955)

Housing

41,378 ±2,533 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,697,571 ±2,136
  • California: 14,367,012 ±1,286

$826,000 ±$23,780 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $666,900 ±$2,755
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $568,500 ±$2,502

16.4% ±3.6% (18,197  ±3,966.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 10.4% 1,356,041 (±0.2% / ±31,333)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 12% 4,689,828 (±0.2% / ±63,097.7)

Social

85.9% ±4.5% (68,056  ±4,254.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 81.4% 7,453,457 (±0.5% / ±42,406.5)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84% 22,636,359 (±0.3% / ±78,234.5)
38.5% ±3.1% (30,491  ±2,651.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 35.5% 3,252,393 (±0.3% / ±24,107.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 35% 9,428,484 (±0.2% / ±44,753.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

25.3% ±3.8% (28,620  ±4,272) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.9% 4,351,712 (±0.3% / ±35,173)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 26.7% 10,564,220 (±0.1% / ±55,357)

4% ±0.9% (3,449  ±774) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3.3% 341,366 (±0.1% / ±9,090)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 1,471,467 (±0.1% / ±19,838)
3,449 Total veterans ±774 3,363 Male ±769 86 Female ±101

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