Mesa Verde vs Whitewater

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

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

Whitewater has the higher population (1,254 vs 1,025 in Mesa Verde). Whitewater has the higher median household income ($76,974 vs $48,523 in Mesa Verde). Whitewater has the higher median home value ($273,600 vs $102,700 in Mesa Verde).

Population, income & housing

	Mesa Verde	Whitewater
Population	1,025	1,254
Median age	26.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,523	$76,974
Median home value	$102,700	$273,600
Median gross rent	$1,074	$1,201
Housing units	324	402
Homeownership rate	63.4%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.7%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesa Verde	Whitewater
Population	913 → 1,025 (+12.3%)	890 → 1,254 (+40.9%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $48,523 (+14.2%)	$39,653 → $76,974 (+94.1%)
Median home value	$70,600 → $102,700 (+45.5%)	$192,400 → $273,600 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$983 → $1,074 (+9.3%)	$1,229 → $1,201 (-2.3%)

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

Whitewater

Population

8901,254

Median household income

$39,653$76,974

Median home value

$192,400$273,600

Median gross rent

$1,229$1,201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesa Verde	Whitewater
Under 5	15.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.9%	13.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.7%
45 to 54	15.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	4.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	2.1%	9.3%
75 and over	4.1%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesa Verde	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	17.0%	31.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	78.3%	56.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesa Verde	Whitewater
No high school diploma	28.1%	16.4%
High school graduate	56.3%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesa Verde	Whitewater
Drove alone	78.9%	72.1%
Carpooled	18.5%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesa Verde	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	34.3%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
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%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Mesa Verde	Whitewater
Poverty rate	22.6%	22.5%
Average household size	3.57	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1976	2001