Bear Valley vs Mesa Vista

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

Bear Valley 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 80 in Bear Valley). Mesa Vista has the higher median household income ($114,063 vs $104,205 in Bear Valley). Since 2019, Mesa Vista's population has grown faster (+38.2% vs +35.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Valley	Mesa Vista
Population	80	315
Median age	58.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$104,205	$114,063
Median home value	—	$650,000
Housing units	448	100
Homeownership rate	68.3%	98.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.6%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Valley	Mesa Vista
Population	59 → 80 (+35.6%)	228 → 315 (+38.2%)
Median household income	$187,604 → $104,205 (-44.5%)	$110,083 → $114,063 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$440,000 → $875,000 (+98.9%)	$393,500 → $650,000 (+65.2%)

Bear Valley

Population

5980

Median household income

$187,604$104,205

Median home value

$440,000$875,000

Mesa Vista

Population

228315

Median household income

$110,083$114,063

Median home value

$393,500$650,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Valley	Mesa Vista
Under 5	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 17	23.8%	1.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	18.7%
45 to 54	21.3%	2.5%
55 to 64	28.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	26.3%	27.0%
75 and over	0.0%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Valley	Mesa Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Valley	Mesa Vista
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree	67.2%	30.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Valley	Mesa Vista
Drove alone	34.4%	71.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	27.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Valley	Mesa Vista
1-unit, detached	69.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bear Valley	Mesa Vista
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.95	4.32
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1977	1988