La Mesa

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La Mesa

Total population

60,797

Median home value

$812,000

40.6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$95,028

La Mesa$95k

National$74k

Coordinates32.77°, -117.02°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

La Mesa is a city in San Diego County, California, United States, located nine miles east of downtown San Diego in Southern California. The population was 61,121 at the 2020 census, up from 57,065 at the 2010 census. Its civic motto is "the Jewel of the Hills."

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Dave Mustaine

American musician

Jimmie Johnson

American racing driver

Bill Walton

American basketball player and sportscaster (1952–2024)

Frederick W. Sturckow

American astronaut

Steve Roach

American composer and musician

Craig Goldy

American guitarist

Boyd Rice

American experimental musician

Frankie Hejduk

American soccer player

Glen Morgan

American television producer, writer, and director (born 1961)

Joe Kennedy

professional baseball player (1979–2007)

K

Ken Carpenter

American racing cyclist

Jason Russell

American director, choreographer, and activist

J

Janine Hanson

Canadian rower

A. J. Griffin

American baseball player

Brian Giles

American baseball player

Mark Malone

American football player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in California

• Bostonia
  5.8 mi away · pop. 16,765
• Bonita
  6.7 mi away · pop. 12,652
• Jamul
  9.5 mi away · pop. 6,574
• Poway
  15.1 mi away · pop. 48,713
• Del Mar
  19.3 mi away · pop. 3,903
• Rancho Santa Fe
  20.4 mi away · pop. 2,260
• Descanso
  23.9 mi away · pop. 1,590
• Harmony Grove
  23.9 mi away · pop. 2,585
• Potrero
  26.4 mi away · pop. 417
• Fallbrook
  43.3 mi away · pop. 32,112
• Rainbow
  44.8 mi away · pop. 2,029
• Borrego Springs
  50.4 mi away · pop. 2,700

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about La Mesa

Rockleigh Dahlia Gardens, La Mesa, California

Rockleigh Dahlia Gardens · 1937

Sudoku Genius Mind Exercises Volume 1

La Mesa Calif State of Mind Collection · 2019

As she climbed across the table

Jonathan Lethem · 1997

Mesa redonda

2003

Life from the Dead : A D. MIN. PROJECT TITLED : Life from the Dead

Joel Liberman · 2018

La Mesa

San Diego State College. Public Affairs Research Institute. · 1959

La Mesa quadrangle, California--San Diego Co., 1994

United States Geological Survey · 1998

City of La Mesa general plan

La Mesa (Calif.) · 1996

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