What is the population of Calimesa city?

Calimesa city has 10,680 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #482 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Calimesa city?

Median household income in Calimesa city is $90,313 a year, 15% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Calimesa city?

Median gross rent is $1,852 a month and the median home value is $423,300, so rent absorbs about 24.6% of median household income.

Is Calimesa city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Calimesa city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Calimesa, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Calimesa, California (Calimesa, CA — Census place “Calimesa city”) is 10,680 residents, ranking #482 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $90,313, the median home is worth $423,300 and median gross rent runs $1,852 a month. Looking for the Calimesa California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Calimesa, CA: 92320.

Population: 10,680Calimesa city residents
Median household income: $90,313Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $423,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,852Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 92.2%Owner-occupied households

Calimesa ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Calimesa.

The Calimesa CA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

92320

What the numbers mean in Calimesa city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Calimesa city median would spend about 24.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.7% of residents and 92.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Calimesa city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Calimesa city is a mid-size town in California, with 10,680 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #482 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 70% of them. The median age here is 43.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Calimesa city earn a median of $90,313 a year, 15% above the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 6.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Calimesa city is valued at $423,300, 39.5% above the national figure and 28% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,852 a month, 31.7% above the national figure, or roughly $22,224 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 92.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Calimesa city?: Calimesa city has 10,680 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #482 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Calimesa city?: Median household income in Calimesa city is $90,313 a year, 15% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Calimesa city?: Median gross rent is $1,852 a month and the median home value is $423,300, so rent absorbs about 24.6% of median household income.
Is Calimesa city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Calimesa city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Calimesa city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.