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California · Census place 16532

Costa Mesa city, CA

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Costa Mesa city has 110,538 residents, ranking #60 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $110,073, the median home is worth $1,054,700 and median gross rent runs $2,395 a month.

Population
110,538Costa Mesa city residents
Median household income
$110,073Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$1,054,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$2,395Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
36.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
39.4%Owner-occupied households

What the numbers mean in Costa Mesa city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Costa Mesa city median would spend about 26.1% 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 9.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.9% of residents and 39.4% of households own their home.

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

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