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Population (year 2000): 5,402
Males: 3,042  (56.3%)
Females: 2,360  (43.7%)

Riverside County

Median resident age:  22.6 years
California median age:  33.3 years

Zip codes: 92254.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $28,000 (it was $22,973 in 2000)
Mecca  $28,000
California:  $53,629

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $202,200 (it was $79,700 in 2000)
Mecca  $202,200
California:  $477,700

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Races in Mecca:

  • Hispanic (98.0%)
  • Other race (70.7%)
  • Two or more races (3.4%)
  • American Indian (2.0%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (0.8%)
  • Filipino (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

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Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: -180 feet

Land area: 1.30 square miles.

Population density: 4167 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Mecca

  • High school or higher: 17.7%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 1.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.6%
  • Unemployed: 15.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 26.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Mecca CDP

  • Never married: 39.5%
  • Now married: 52.1%
  • Separated: 2.6%
  • Widowed: 2.5%
  • Divorced: 3.3%

3,209 residents are foreign born (59.4% Latin America).

This place:  59.4%
California:  26.2%



According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Mecca, California in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Mecca to the number of sex offenders is 5402 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this place is a lot smaller than the state average.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Mecca:  1.1% ($849)
California:  0.7% ($1,564)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Coachella Valley, CA (7.8 miles , pop. 118,932).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: San Diego, CA (91.9 miles , pop. 1,223,400).

Nearest cities: Coachella Valley, CA (7.8 miles ), Coachella, CA (10.1 miles ), Desert Shores, CA (12.0 miles ), Salton Sea Beach, CA (14.3 miles ), Indio, CA (14.9 miles ), La Quinta, CA (16.9 miles ), Bermuda Dunes, CA (18.8 miles ), Salton City, CA (20.6 miles ).

Latitude: 33.57 N, Longitude: 116.07 W


96 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
15 people in unknown juvenile institutions

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Most common industries for males:



  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (53%)
  • Construction (14%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (3%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (2%)
  • Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers (2%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (52%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Health care (7%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (49%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12%)
  • Construction laborers (5%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (2%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (53%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
  • Child care workers (2%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near Mecca:
  • KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE (about 13 miles; RIVERSIDE, CA)
  • KNOLLWOOD PSYCH & CHEMICAL DEPEND CTR (about 13 miles; RIVERSIDE, CA)
  • PARKVIEW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; RIVERSIDE, CA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Mecca:
  • PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL (about 34 miles; PALM SPRINGS, CA; ID: PSP)
  • MARCH ARB (about 84 miles; RIVERSIDE, CA; ID: RIV)
  • SAN BERNARDINO INTERNATIONAL (about 88 miles; SAN BERNARDINO, CA; ID: SBD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mecca:
  • DESERT RESORTS REGIONAL (about 7 miles; PALM SPRINGS, CA; ID: TRM)
  • BERMUDA DUNES (about 18 miles; PALM SPRINGS, CA; ID: UDD)
  • SALTON SEA (about 25 miles; SALTON CITY, CA; ID: SAS)

Amtrak station near Mecca:
  • 15 miles: INDIO (45995 MONROE ST.) - Bus Station. Services: fully wheelchair accessible, public payphones, snack bar, free short-term parking, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Mecca:
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-RIVERSIDE (about 13 miles; RIVERSIDE, CA; Full-time enrollment: 12,213)
  • RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles; RIVERSIDE, CA; FT enrollment: 10,798)
  • COLLEGE OF THE DESERT (about 24 miles; PALM DESERT, CA; FT enrollment: 3,804)
  • IMPERIAL VALLEY COLLEGE (about 60 miles; IMPERIAL, CA; FT enrollment: 4,006)
  • MOUNT SAN JACINTO COLLEGE (about 63 miles; SAN JACINTO, CA; FT enrollment: 4,731)
  • GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA (about 66 miles; CARLSBAD, CA; FT enrollment: 2,479)
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SAN DIEGO (about 66 miles; LA JOLLA, CA; FT enrollment: 19,582)
Public elementary/middle schools in Mecca:

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Mecca and their reported violations in the past:

WAVE CREST INC. (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 17 routine major monitoring violations

Average household size:
This place:  5.0 people
California:  2.9 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  91.4%
Whole state:  68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  6.6%
Whole state:  5.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  45.5%
Whole state:  14.2%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  16.0%
Whole state:  6.3%

Mecca compared to California state average:

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  • Median household income significantly below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Median age significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
  • Number of rooms per house below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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9.42% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($50,099 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.42%
California average:  5.75%

0.09% of residents moved from foreign countries ($263 average AGI)
Riverside County:  0.09%
California average:  0.21%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Orange County, CA  2.02% ($52,293 average AGI)
from Los Angeles County, CA  1.88% ($50,596)
from San Bernardino County, CA  1.72% ($44,978)


6.76% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($44,677 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.76%
California average:  6.27%

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($294 average AGI)
Riverside County:  0.06%
California average:  0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to San Bernardino County, CA  1.24% ($38,294 average AGI)
to Orange County, CA  0.81% ($51,018)
to Los Angeles County, CA  0.75% ($40,064)


Strongest AM radio stations in Mecca:
  • KNWZ (970 AM; 5 kW; COACHELLA, CA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KFMB (760 AM; 50 kW; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: MIDWEST TELEVISION, INC.)
  • KNWQ (1140 AM; 10 kW; PALM SPRINGS, CA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KCBQ (1170 AM; 50 kW; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: RADIO 1210, INC.)
  • KPLS (830 AM; 50 kW; ORANGE, CA; Owner: CRN LICENSES, LLC)
  • KCMJ (1270 AM; 5 kW; THOUSAND PALMS, CA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KPSI (920 AM; 5 kW; PALM SPRINGS, CA; Owner: R & R RADIO CORPORATION)
  • KLAC (570 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • KFI (640 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KXPS (1010 AM; 4 kW; THOUSAND PALMS, CA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KESQ (1400 AM; 1 kW; INDIO, CA; Owner: GULF-CALIFORNIA BROADCAST CO.)
  • KTNQ (1020 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: KTNQ-AM LICENSE CORP.)
  • KSPN (710 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: KABC-AM RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Mecca:
  • KRCK-FM (97.7 FM; MECCA, CA; Owner: PLAYA DEL SOL BROADCASTERS)
  • KLVJ (100.1 FM; JULIAN, CA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • KLRD (90.1 FM; YUCAIPA, CA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • KCLB-FM (93.7 FM; COACHELLA, CA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KZAL (105.5 FM; DESERT CENTER, CA; Owner: WORLDWIDE MULTI-MEDIA B/C CO.)
  • KCRI (89.3 FM; INDIO, CA; Owner: SANTA MONICA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIST.)
  • KJJZ (102.3 FM; INDIO, CA; Owner: R M BROADCASTING L.L.C.)
  • KUNA-FM (96.7 FM; LA QUINTA, CA; Owner: GULF-CALIFORNIA BROADCAST COMPANY)
  • KATY-FM (101.3 FM; IDYLLWILD, CA; Owner: ALL PRO BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • K201AR (88.1 FM; BANNING, CA; Owner: KSGN, INC.)
  • K232CX (94.3 FM; DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KYOR (106.9 FM; YUCCA VALLEY, CA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KRTM (88.9 FM; TEMECULA, CA; Owner: PENFOLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KPSC (88.5 FM; PALM SPRINGS, CA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA)
  • KKUU (92.7 FM; INDIO, CA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KLOB (94.7 FM; THOUSAND PALMS, CA; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • K280CV (103.9 FM; CATHEDRAL CITY, CA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KPLM (106.1 FM; PALM SPRINGS, CA; Owner: R M BROADCASTING L.L.C.)
  • KEZN (103.1 FM; PALM DESERT, CA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KHCS (91.7 FM; PALM DESERT, CA; Owner: PRAIRIE AVENUE GOSPEL CENTER)

TV broadcast stations around Mecca:
  • KESQ-TV (Channel 42; PALM SPRINGS, CA; Owner: GULF-CALIFORNIA BROADCAST COMPANY)
  • KDFX-CA (Channel 33; INDIO/PALM SPRINGS, CA; Owner: PACIFIC MEDIA CORPORATION)

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