Mesa Verde vs Thermal

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

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

Thermal has the higher population (1,420 vs 1,025 in Mesa Verde). Thermal has the higher median home value ($183,200 vs $102,700 in Mesa Verde). Since 2019, Mesa Verde's population has grown faster (+12.3% vs +6.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Mesa Verde	Thermal
Population	1,025	1,420
Median age	26.0 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,523	—
Median home value	$102,700	$183,200
Median gross rent	$1,074	$922
Housing units	324	791
Homeownership rate	63.4%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.7%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesa Verde	Thermal
Population	913 → 1,025 (+12.3%)	1,333 → 1,420 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $48,523 (+14.2%)	$30,433 → $14,500 (-52.4%)
Median home value	$70,600 → $102,700 (+45.5%)	$150,200 → $183,200 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$983 → $1,074 (+9.3%)	$499 → $922 (+84.8%)

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

Thermal

Population

1,3331,420

Median household income

$30,433$14,500

Median home value

$150,200$183,200

Median gross rent

$499$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesa Verde	Thermal
Under 5	15.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	10.7%
18 to 24	10.9%	11.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	20.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	7.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	4.6%	6.7%
65 to 74	2.1%	5.6%
75 and over	4.1%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesa Verde	Thermal
White (non-Hispanic)	17.0%	3.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	78.3%	93.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesa Verde	Thermal
No high school diploma	28.1%	68.3%
High school graduate	56.3%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	6.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesa Verde	Thermal
Drove alone	78.9%	51.6%
Carpooled	18.5%	37.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesa Verde	Thermal
1-unit, detached	34.3%	40.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	65.7%	39.1%

Poverty & households

	Mesa Verde	Thermal
Poverty rate	22.6%	30.1%
Average household size	3.57	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1976	1977