Lake Mathews vs Mecca

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

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

Mecca has the higher population (7,071 vs 6,749 in Lake Mathews). Lake Mathews has the higher median household income ($102,700 vs $45,011 in Mecca). Lake Mathews has the higher median home value ($678,300 vs $222,000 in Mecca).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Mathews	Mecca
Population	6,749	7,071
Median age	40.2 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$102,700	$45,011
Median home value	$678,300	$222,000
Median gross rent	$1,906	$900
Housing units	1,721	2,453
Homeownership rate	76.9%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Mathews	Mecca
Population	6,792 → 6,749 (-0.6%)	6,635 → 7,071 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$102,188 → $102,700 (+0.5%)	$23,600 → $45,011 (+90.7%)
Median home value	$526,600 → $678,300 (+28.8%)	$158,500 → $222,000 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,477 → $1,906 (+29.0%)	$590 → $900 (+52.5%)

Lake Mathews

Population

6,7926,749

Median household income

$102,188$102,700

Median home value

$526,600$678,300

Median gross rent

$1,477$1,906

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)

	Lake Mathews	Mecca
Under 5	5.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	21.8%	24.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	15.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.1%
75 and over	7.9%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Mathews	Mecca
White (non-Hispanic)	45.6%	0.0%
Black or African American	5.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	99.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Mathews	Mecca
No high school diploma	20.2%	63.4%
High school graduate	25.7%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	13.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Mathews	Mecca
Drove alone	70.0%	69.5%
Carpooled	15.0%	24.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	4.2%
Other means	2.6%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Mathews	Mecca
1-unit, detached	80.2%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake Mathews	Mecca
Poverty rate	7.4%	19.3%
Average household size	3.97	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1984	1996