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Costa Mesa, CA

112,958 Population
15.8 square miles 7,146.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$44,291 ±$1,685 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $37,452 ±$164
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $38,576 ±$120
$90,370 ±$4,371 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $76,399 ±$315
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $78,672 ±$270

10.3% ±1.2% (11,508  ±1,367) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 13.2% 1,719,338 (±0.1% / ±17,972)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 12.6% 4,853,434 (±0.1% / ±39,919)

22.7 minutes ±0.4 (1,263,825  ±43,881) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 30.8 179,308,135 (±0.1 / ±585,332)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 29.8 498,276,585 (±0.1 / ±1,174,085)

Families

40,660 ±787 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,372,505 ±6,132
  • California: 13,103,114 ±18,542
2.7 ±0.1 (111,036  ±317) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3 12,984,812
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,521,288

5.2% ±0.9% (1,555  ±271) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.4% 147,101 (±0.1% / ±3,090)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 463,780 (±0.1% / ±5,839)

Housing

42,391 ±809 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,661,034 ±1,097
  • California: 14,210,945 ±1,339

$807,000 ±$17,369 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $641,300 ±$1,296
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $538,500 ±$1,127

14.6% ±1.4% (16,248  ±1,536.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 10.5% 1,377,535 (±0.1% / ±13,373.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 12.4% 4,842,940 (±0.1% / ±30,091.1)

Social

85.8% ±2.3% (69,082  ±2,088) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 81.3% 7,391,434 (±0.2% / ±20,471.6)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 83.9% 22,378,605 (±0.2% / ±40,789.5)
41.1% ±1.5% (33,053  ±1,303) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 35.4% 3,218,089 (±0.1% / ±12,988.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 34.7% 9,256,873 (±0.1% / ±25,121.8)

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

24.7% ±1.3% (27,919  ±1,462) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.7% 4,325,660 (±0.1% / ±16,149)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 26.6% 10,463,818 (±0.1% / ±35,653)

4.3% ±0.4% (3,881  ±396) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3.5% 357,522 (±0% / ±4,504)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 5% 1,525,746 (±0% / ±9,062)
3,881 Total veterans ±396 3,527 Male ±380 354 Female ±134

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