Mesa Verde vs Mountain Center

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

Mesa Verde and Mountain Center 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 50 in Mountain Center). Mesa Verde has the higher median household income ($48,523 vs $43,977 in Mountain Center).

Population, income & housing

	Mesa Verde	Mountain Center
Population	1,025	50
Median age	26.0 yrs	72.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,523	$43,977
Median home value	$102,700	—
Median gross rent	$1,074	—
Housing units	324	43
Homeownership rate	63.4%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.7%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesa Verde	Mountain Center
Population	913 → 1,025 (+12.3%)	0 → 50 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $48,523 (+14.2%)	$41,786 → $43,977 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$70,600 → $102,700 (+45.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$983 → $1,074 (+9.3%)	—

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

Mountain Center

Population

050

Median household income

$41,786$43,977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesa Verde	Mountain Center
Under 5	15.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	4.6%	26.0%
65 to 74	2.1%	74.0%
75 and over	4.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesa Verde	Mountain Center
White (non-Hispanic)	17.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	78.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesa Verde	Mountain Center
No high school diploma	28.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	56.3%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesa Verde	Mountain Center
Drove alone	78.9%	71.4%
Carpooled	18.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	28.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesa Verde	Mountain Center
1-unit, detached	34.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	65.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mesa Verde	Mountain Center
Poverty rate	22.6%	0.0%
Average household size	3.57	1.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1976	1946