Kirkwood vs Mesa Vista

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

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

Kirkwood has the higher population (406 vs 315 in Mesa Vista). Kirkwood has the higher median household income ($145,341 vs $114,063 in Mesa Vista). Mesa Vista has the higher median home value ($650,000 vs $568,200 in Kirkwood).

Population, income & housing

	Kirkwood	Mesa Vista
Population	406	315
Median age	37.9 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$145,341	$114,063
Median home value	$568,200	$650,000
Housing units	677	100
Homeownership rate	81.7%	98.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.3%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirkwood	Mesa Vista
Population	80 → 406 (+407.5%)	228 → 315 (+38.2%)
Median household income	$80,227 → $145,341 (+81.2%)	$110,083 → $114,063 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$659,100 → $568,200 (-13.8%)	$393,500 → $650,000 (+65.2%)

Kirkwood

Population

80406

Median household income

$80,227$145,341

Median home value

$659,100$568,200

Mesa Vista

Population

228315

Median household income

$110,083$114,063

Median home value

$393,500$650,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kirkwood	Mesa Vista
Under 5	21.7%	8.9%
5 to 17	7.6%	1.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	14.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	18.0%	18.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	2.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	27.0%
75 and over	0.0%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirkwood	Mesa Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	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	26.6%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirkwood	Mesa Vista
No high school diploma	3.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	13.8%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	30.9%
Graduate or professional degree	61.7%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirkwood	Mesa Vista
Drove alone	23.5%	71.1%
Carpooled	26.0%	19.3%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	49.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirkwood	Mesa Vista
1-unit, detached	44.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	18.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kirkwood	Mesa Vista
Poverty rate	17.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.86	4.32
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1990	1988