Good Hope vs Mecca

A side-by-side comparison of Good Hope and Mecca: population, income, housing, and more.

Good Hope and Mecca are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Good Hope has the higher population (8,315 vs 7,071 in Mecca). Good Hope has the higher median household income ($56,328 vs $45,011 in Mecca). Good Hope has the higher median home value ($319,600 vs $222,000 in Mecca).

Population, income & housing

	Good Hope	Mecca
Population	8,315	7,071
Median age	32.2 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,328	$45,011
Median home value	$319,600	$222,000
Median gross rent	$1,451	$900
Housing units	2,371	2,453
Homeownership rate	51.0%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Good Hope	Mecca
Population	9,195 → 8,315 (-9.6%)	6,635 → 7,071 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$47,927 → $56,328 (+17.5%)	$23,600 → $45,011 (+90.7%)
Median home value	$233,600 → $319,600 (+36.8%)	$158,500 → $222,000 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,121 → $1,451 (+29.4%)	$590 → $900 (+52.5%)

Good Hope

Population

9,1958,315

Median household income

$47,927$56,328

Median home value

$233,600$319,600

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,451

Mecca

Population

6,6357,071

Median household income

$23,600$45,011

Median home value

$158,500$222,000

Median gross rent

$590$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Good Hope	Mecca
Under 5	6.5%	2.7%
5 to 17	19.3%	24.6%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.9%
25 to 34	17.7%	15.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	5.5%	9.1%
75 and over	4.8%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Good Hope	Mecca
White (non-Hispanic)	8.8%	0.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	86.7%	99.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Good Hope	Mecca
No high school diploma	35.1%	63.4%
High school graduate	37.4%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	13.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Good Hope	Mecca
Drove alone	82.4%	69.5%
Carpooled	6.4%	24.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	4.2%
Other means	3.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Good Hope	Mecca
1-unit, detached	37.4%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	20.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	59.0%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Good Hope	Mecca
Poverty rate	27.6%	19.3%
Average household size	3.93	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1984	1996