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Mesa Verde is a small town of 1,016 people in Riverside County, California. It's about 67 miles from Lake Havasu City, AZ and 149 miles from San Diego, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 109°F and winter highs 68°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $110k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,016people
$110kTypical home
$1,106/moRent
109° / 68°Summer / winter
0"Snow
335Sunny days
18Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,016
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 236 people per sq mi
- 149 mi to San Diego, CA
- 67 mi to Lake Havasu City, AZ
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $110k (≈$694/mo)
- Median rent $1,106/mo
- Median household income $51k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 109°F
- Winter highs around 68°F
- Dry summers (dew point 47°F)
- 335 sunny days a year (236 totally clear)
- 30 cloudy days a year
- 14 of 90 winter days are gray
- 18 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 122 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (278 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,522 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 26
- 44% of households have kids
- 8% are 65 or older
- 10% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 66 mi to YUM airport
- 103 mi to PSP (major hub)
- 61 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 55% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 387 ft
- 114 mi to the ocean
- 55 mi to a big lake
- 59 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 129 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 6 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 60 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 19% of California districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 35 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 98 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 65 mi to the nearest vet
- 29 mi to the nearest dog park
- 2 congregations per 10k people
- 65 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Riverside County: Purple — split almost evenly
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk