Aguanga vs Mesa Verde

A side-by-side comparison of Aguanga and Mesa Verde: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mesa Verde has the higher population (1,025 vs 756 in Aguanga). Since 2019, Mesa Verde's population has grown faster (+12.3% vs -6.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Aguanga	Mesa Verde
Population	756	1,025
Median age	51.5 yrs	26.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$48,523
Median home value	—	$102,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,074
Housing units	423	324
Homeownership rate	72.7%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	0.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aguanga	Mesa Verde
Population	805 → 756 (-6.1%)	913 → 1,025 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$77,857 → $77,813 (-0.1%)	$42,500 → $48,523 (+14.2%)
Median home value	—	$70,600 → $102,700 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$983 → $1,074 (+9.3%)

Aguanga

Population

805756

Median household income

$77,857$77,813

Mesa Verde

Population

9131,025

Median household income

$42,500$48,523

Median home value

$70,600$102,700

Median gross rent

$983$1,074

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aguanga	Mesa Verde
Under 5	0.0%	15.4%
5 to 17	20.1%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.9%
25 to 34	13.5%	14.8%
35 to 44	2.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.4%
55 to 64	21.8%	4.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	2.1%
75 and over	11.6%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aguanga	Mesa Verde
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	17.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	78.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aguanga	Mesa Verde
No high school diploma	7.5%	28.1%
High school graduate	23.1%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aguanga	Mesa Verde
Drove alone	61.8%	78.9%
Carpooled	9.2%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.6%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aguanga	Mesa Verde
1-unit, detached	38.8%	34.3%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	51.5%	65.7%

Poverty & households

	Aguanga	Mesa Verde
Poverty rate	29.2%	22.6%
Average household size	2.45	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	44	23
Median year structure built	1990	1976