Calimesa vs Canyon Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Calimesa and Canyon Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Calimesa and Canyon Lake are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Canyon Lake has the higher population (11,107 vs 10,680 in Calimesa). Canyon Lake has the higher median household income ($124,948 vs $90,313 in Calimesa). Canyon Lake has the higher median home value ($647,300 vs $423,300 in Calimesa).

Population, income & housing

	Calimesa	Canyon Lake
Population	10,680	11,107
Median age	43.2 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,313	$124,948
Median home value	$423,300	$647,300
Median gross rent	$1,852	$2,524
Housing units	4,156	4,434
Homeownership rate	92.2%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calimesa	Canyon Lake
Population	8,814 → 10,680 (+21.2%)	11,170 → 11,107 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$56,903 → $90,313 (+58.7%)	$100,682 → $124,948 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$217,500 → $423,300 (+94.6%)	$442,900 → $647,300 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,852 (+63.2%)	$2,060 → $2,524 (+22.5%)

Calimesa

Population

8,81410,680

Median household income

$56,903$90,313

Median home value

$217,500$423,300

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,852

Canyon Lake

Population

11,17011,107

Median household income

$100,682$124,948

Median home value

$442,900$647,300

Median gross rent

$2,060$2,524

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calimesa	Canyon Lake
Under 5	4.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.6%	15.2%
75 and over	10.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calimesa	Canyon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	57.1%	69.2%
Black or African American	2.8%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.8%
Asian	3.4%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	31.2%	17.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calimesa	Canyon Lake
No high school diploma	9.2%	5.0%
High school graduate	24.9%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calimesa	Canyon Lake
Drove alone	80.7%	61.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	9.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	27.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calimesa	Canyon Lake
1-unit, detached	67.2%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	29.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Calimesa	Canyon Lake
Poverty rate	6.7%	8.7%
Average household size	2.74	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	38	49
Median year structure built	1984	1985