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.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, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Calimesa who work in office and administrative support (12.54%), business and financial occupations (11.00%), and management occupations (10.53%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.63% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. In Calimesa, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.05 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. In terms of college education, Calimesa is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.17% of adults 25 and older in the city 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.
