The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Mecca has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mecca a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Mecca is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
Mecca ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 1.90% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Mecca in 2022 was $19,496, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,984 for a family of four. However, Mecca contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mecca is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mecca home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Mecca, accounting for 98.00% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Mecca residents report their race to be Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Mecca include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.
Mecca also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 58.83%.
The most common language spoken in Mecca is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
