Alpine Village vs Mesa Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Alpine Village and Mesa Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

Alpine Village and Mesa Vista are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mesa Vista has the higher population (315 vs 195 in Alpine Village). Mesa Vista has the higher median household income ($114,063 vs $72,500 in Alpine Village). Mesa Vista has the higher median home value ($650,000 vs $479,200 in Alpine Village).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine Village	Mesa Vista
Population	195	315
Median age	56.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$114,063
Median home value	$479,200	$650,000
Median gross rent	$2,125	—
Housing units	135	100
Homeownership rate	72.2%	98.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine Village	Mesa Vista
Population	101 → 195 (+93.1%)	228 → 315 (+38.2%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $72,500 (+23.4%)	$110,083 → $114,063 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$375,000 → $479,200 (+27.8%)	$393,500 → $650,000 (+65.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $2,125 (+59.4%)	—

Alpine Village

Population

101195

Median household income

$58,750$72,500

Median home value

$375,000$479,200

Median gross rent

$1,333$2,125

Mesa Vista

Population

228315

Median household income

$110,083$114,063

Median home value

$393,500$650,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine Village	Mesa Vista
Under 5	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 17	9.7%	1.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	14.3%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	4.6%	18.7%
45 to 54	4.6%	2.5%
55 to 64	32.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	21.5%	27.0%
75 and over	5.1%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine Village	Mesa Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.7%	3.2%
Asian	4.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine Village	Mesa Vista
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	11.6%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	30.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine Village	Mesa Vista
Drove alone	82.0%	71.1%
Carpooled	1.0%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine Village	Mesa Vista
1-unit, detached	78.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alpine Village	Mesa Vista
Poverty rate	11.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.17	4.32
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1976	1988