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Total population: 110,080 (All urban)

Costa Mesa, California Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 40,399 (39,188 occupied: 15,811 owner occupied, 23,377 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  60%
State:  43%

Housing density: 2585 houses/condos per square mile


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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $488,768.


Median contract rent in 2007: $1,335 (lower quartile is $1,045, upper quartile is $1,600)


Housing units in Costa Mesa with a mortgage: 10,878 (1,475 second mortgage, 1,044 home equity loan, 53 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,625





Costa Mesa,CA index of house prices



Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $704,200 (it was $263,700 in 2000)
Costa Mesa:  $704,200
California:  $532,300
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $554,700 - $897,600

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $776,810
Here:  $776,810
State:  $619,135

Townhouses or other attached units: $604,848
Here:  $604,848
State:  $541,123

In 2-unit structures: $625,000
Here:  $625,000
State:  $702,713

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $784,259
Here:  $784,259
State:  $512,546

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $448,020
Here:  $448,020
State:  $482,470

Mobile homes: $27,281
Here:  $27,281
State:  $59,450

Median year house/condo built: 1966

Median year apartment built: 1973

Household type by relationship

Households: 105,510
  • In family households: 82,769 (17,604 male householders, 5,504 female householders)
    17,293 spouses, 28,225 children (26,218 natural, 703 adopted, 1,304 stepchildren), 1,327 grandchildren, 2,302 brothers or sisters, 921 parents, 4,187 other relatives, 5,406 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 22,741 (8,175 male householders (5,361 living alone)), 7,924 female householders (5,645 living alone)), 6,642 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 3,275 (1,281 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 8,390 2-persons, 5,136 3-persons, 4,242 4-persons, 2,340 5-persons, 1,171 6-persons, 1,829 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 11,006 1-person, 4,008 2-persons, 810 3-persons, 163 4-persons, 58 5-persons, 37 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons.

17,072 married couples with children.
4,914 single-parent households (1,435 men, 3,479 women).

62.5% of residents of Costa Mesa speak English at home.
27.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
6.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 31,722 (29.2%)
(27.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  5.9
State:  5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  3.3
State:  3.5

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Costa Mesa, California:
  • 1 room: 31
  • 2 rooms: 390
  • 3 rooms: 1,059
  • 4 rooms: 1,516
  • 5 rooms: 3,271
  • 6 rooms: 4,352
  • 7 rooms: 2,690
  • 8 rooms: 1,671
  • 9 or more rooms: 831



Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Costa Mesa, California:
  • 1 room: 2,474
  • 2 rooms: 5,062
  • 3 rooms: 4,892
  • 4 rooms: 5,988
  • 5 rooms: 3,092
  • 6 rooms: 1,315
  • 7 rooms: 355
  • 8 rooms: 169
  • 9 or more rooms: 30



Year house built:
  • 1999 to March 2000: 140
  • 1995 to 1998: 631
  • 1990 to 1994: 2,065
  • 1980 to 1989: 6,655
  • 1970 to 1979: 10,363
  • 1960 to 1969: 11,439
  • 1950 to 1959: 7,075
  • 1940 to 1949: 1,447
  • 1939 or earlier: 584


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Costa Mesa:
  • no bedroom: 124
  • 1 bedroom: 837
  • 2 bedrooms: 2,965
  • 3 bedrooms: 7,166
  • 4 bedrooms: 3,917
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 802



Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Costa Mesa:
  • no bedroom: 2,993
  • 1 bedroom: 8,388
  • 2 bedrooms: 8,874
  • 3 bedrooms: 2,642
  • 4 bedrooms: 432
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 48



Owners and renters by unit type in %


Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders


Cars and other vehicles available in Costa Mesa in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 523
  • 1 vehicle: 4,061
  • 2 vehicles: 7,532
  • 3 vehicles: 2,609
  • 4 vehicles: 801
  • 5 or more vehicles: 285



Cars and other vehicles available in Costa Mesa in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 2,041
  • 1 vehicle: 10,314
  • 2 vehicles: 8,591
  • 3 vehicles: 1,887
  • 4 vehicles: 365
  • 5 or more vehicles: 179


Costa Mesa rent paid by renters for apartments graph
Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Costa Mesa:

  • Less than $100: 41 people
  • $100 to $149: 22
  • $150 to $199: 51
  • $200 to $249: 63
  • $250 to $299: 83
  • $300 to $349: 198
  • $350 to $399: 110
  • $400 to $449: 57
  • $450 to $499: 83
  • $500 to $549: 66
  • $550 to $599: 68
  • $600 to $649: 120
  • $650 to $699: 108
  • $700 to $749: 142
  • $750 to $799: 282
  • $800 to $899: 662
  • $900 to $999: 1,243
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 6,056
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 6,852
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 5,631
  • $2,000 or more: 2,248
  • No cash rent: 346
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 8,379
  • 1990 to 1994: 6,585
  • 1985 to 1989: 6,348
  • 1980 to 1984: 3,659
  • 1975 to 1979: 2,753
  • 1970 to 1974: 1,506
  • 1970 to 1974: 774
  • 1965 to 1969: 1,718

Costa Mesa, CA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 91.3%
Number of people working at home: 2,078 (3.7% of all workers)


Costa Mesa travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 1171
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 5785
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 9960
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 10948
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 8130
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 2647
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 6706
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 908
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 1405
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 2526
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 2222
  • 90 or more minutes: 1144
 


Costa Mesa mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 41,001 (74%)
  • Carpooled: 6,951 (12%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 2,534 (5%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 22 (0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 22 (0%)
  • Railroad: 44 (0%)
  • Taxi: 13 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 151 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 1,110 (2%)
  • Walked: 1,329 (2%)
  • Other means: 375 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 2,078 (4%)
 


Costa Mesa, CA household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 2334
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 1727
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 1748
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 2218
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 1999
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 2438
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 2517
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 2083
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 2142
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 3728
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 5106
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 4887
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 2532
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 1488
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 1231
  • $200,000 or more: 1029
 


First ancestries reported:

 Other groups: 42716
 German: 8626
 English: 6521
 Irish: 6395
 Italian: 4233
 United States or American: 4177
 Scottish: 2113
 French (except Basque): 1816
 Swedish: 1593
 Norwegian: 1477
 Polish: 1389
 European: 1170
 Scotch-Irish: 1097
 Dutch: 1076
 Russian: 981
 Arab:: 716
 Canadian: 510
 British: 492
 Danish: 482
 Iranian: 436
 French Canadian: 400
 Greek: 384
 Hungarian: 379
 Welsh: 352
 Armenian: 248
 Finnish: 247
 Austrian: 238
 Egyptian: 221
 Portuguese: 220
 Subsaharan African:: 195
 Croatian: 191
 Swiss: 185
 Lebanese: 184
 Lithuanian: 166
 Scandinavian: 154
 Czech: 149
 Arab/Arabic: 147
 Northern European: 114
 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 104
 Turkish: 103
 Romanian: 100
 Czechoslovakian: 90
 Ukrainian: 88
 Belgian: 75
 Eastern European: 73
 Jordanian: 66
 African: 62
 Yugoslavian: 61
 Afghan: 58
 Basque: 57
 Bulgarian: 55
 Brazilian: 54
 Haitian: 42
 Latvian: 42
 Slovak: 42
 Other Arab: 41
 Australian: 39
 South African: 37
 Celtic: 36
 Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 35
 Ghanian: 28
 Zairian: 28
 Syrian: 26
 Serbian: 25
 New Zealander: 25
 Slovene: 23
 Moroccan: 21
 Nigerian: 21
 Jamaican: 19
 Other Subsaharan African: 19
 Slavic: 17
 Pennsylvania German: 15
 Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 14
 Israeli: 13
 Macedonian: 13
 Palestinian: 10
 Luxemburger: 8
 Bermudan: 8
 Icelander: 7
 Maltese: 6
 Alsatian: 6
 Estonian: 5


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):



  • Mexico (53%)
  • Vietnam (6%)
  • El Salvador (5%)
  • Philippines (3%)
  • Guatemala (3%)
  • Japan (3%)
  • Canada (2%)


Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 50033
  • Northeast: 6238
  • Midwest: 9698
  • South: 5222
  • West: 4873

47% of Costa Mesa residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in California.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 1,456
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 472
  • 5th and 6th grade: 1,888
  • 7th and 8th grade: 663
  • 9th grade: 742
  • 10th grade: 384
  • 11th grade: 569
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 1,671
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,829
  • Less than 1 year of college: 2,299
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,158
  • Associate degree: 2,861
  • Bachelor's degree: 8,194
  • Master's degree: 2,227
  • Professional school degree: 773
  • Doctorate degree: 356


Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 1,233
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 480
  • 5th and 6th grade: 1,395
  • 7th and 8th grade: 731
  • 9th grade: 927
  • 10th grade: 477
  • 11th grade: 510
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 1,382
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,382
  • Less than 1 year of college: 2,787
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,128
  • Associate degree: 3,361
  • Bachelor's degree: 6,670
  • Master's degree: 1,852
  • Professional school degree: 602
  • Doctorate degree: 163


Educational Attainment for Females



Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.4%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 13.3%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 6.5%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 6.7%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 5.6%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 4.2%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 5.5%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 9.0%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 3.1%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 10.0%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 4.8%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 8.2%


Median household income in 2007 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $71,472
  • Black householders: $83,071
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $64,153
  • Asian householders: $55,318
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $103,881
  • Some other race householders: $46,769
  • Two or more races householders: $107,294
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $45,528

Costa Mesa household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Costa Mesa household income for Black householders

Costa Mesa household income for Asian householders

Costa Mesa household income for Some other race householders

Costa Mesa household income for Two or more races householders

Costa Mesa household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Costa Mesa marital status for males

Costa Mesa marital status for females


Median 2007 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $738,648
  • Black or African American householders: $778,972
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $899,410
  • Asian householders: $708,472
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $639,040
  • Some other race householders: $580,824
  • Two or more races householders: $696,722
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $621,949

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 15,347
  • One, attached: 4,116
  • Two: 1,222
  • 3 or 4: 4,632
  • 5 to 9: 2,603
  • 10 to 19: 3,222
  • 20 to 49: 2,334
  • 50 or more: 5,710
  • Mobile homes: 1,141
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 72

Median worth of mobile homes: $51,200


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Costa Mesa:

  


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Utility gas (90%)
  • Electricity (8%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Utility gas (65%)
  • Electricity (30%)
  • No fuel used (3%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,683
Here:  14.9%
California:  9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 336
Here:  6.3%
California:  7.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,664
Here:  18.8%
California:  15.4%



School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students


School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)


 

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