Calimesa is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 11,017 people and two associated neighborhoods, Calimesa is the 420th largest community in California.
Housing costs in Calimesa are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.63% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Calimesa has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Calimesa has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Calimesa than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Calimesa may be for you.
One downside of living in Calimesa, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.05 minutes every day commuting to work.
The percentage of people in Calimesa who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.17% of adults in Calimesa have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Calimesa in 2022 was $34,901, which is middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $139,604 for a family of four. However, Calimesa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Calimesa is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Calimesa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Calimesa residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Calimesa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.56% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Calimesa include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Calimesa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.