Highgrove vs Mecca

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

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

Highgrove has the higher population (7,164 vs 7,071 in Mecca). Highgrove has the higher median household income ($109,657 vs $45,011 in Mecca). Highgrove has the higher median home value ($594,400 vs $222,000 in Mecca).

Population, income & housing

	Highgrove	Mecca
Population	7,164	7,071
Median age	31.7 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$109,657	$45,011
Median home value	$594,400	$222,000
Median gross rent	$1,338	$900
Housing units	2,243	2,453
Homeownership rate	73.9%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highgrove	Mecca
Population	5,786 → 7,164 (+23.8%)	6,635 → 7,071 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$61,494 → $109,657 (+78.3%)	$23,600 → $45,011 (+90.7%)
Median home value	$402,000 → $594,400 (+47.9%)	$158,500 → $222,000 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,095 → $1,338 (+22.2%)	$590 → $900 (+52.5%)

Highgrove

Population

5,7867,164

Median household income

$61,494$109,657

Median home value

$402,000$594,400

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,338

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)

	Highgrove	Mecca
Under 5	8.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	24.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	10.9%
25 to 34	16.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	15.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.3%
65 to 74	4.3%	9.1%
75 and over	2.6%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highgrove	Mecca
White (non-Hispanic)	19.8%	0.0%
Black or African American	10.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	53.0%	99.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highgrove	Mecca
No high school diploma	10.2%	63.4%
High school graduate	22.9%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	13.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highgrove	Mecca
Drove alone	77.1%	69.5%
Carpooled	15.2%	24.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highgrove	Mecca
1-unit, detached	80.0%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	20.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Highgrove	Mecca
Poverty rate	11.0%	19.3%
Average household size	3.33	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	2003	1996