Calimesa is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 11,150 people and two associated neighborhoods, Calimesa is the 420th largest community in California. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Calimesa, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Calimesa, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Calimesa’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Calimesa does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $90,313.00. 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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Calimesa is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Calimesa is a city of managers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Calimesa who work in management occupations (13.23%), office and administrative support (11.89%), and business and financial occupations (10.93%). A relatively large number of people in Calimesa telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.04% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Calimesa, the average commute to work is 36.62 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The overall education level of Calimesa citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.43% of adults in Calimesa have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Calimesa in 2022 was $39,738, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $158,952 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 31.19% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Calimesa include English, German, Irish, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Calimesa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
