Mountain Mesa (often shortened to Mt. Mesa) is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. Mountain Mesa is located west of South Lake at an elevation of . The population was 777 at the 2010 census, up from 716 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Mountain Mesa is located along the south shore of

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at . According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land.

Demographics

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Mountain Mesa had a population of 823. The population density was . The racial makeup of Mountain Mesa was 705 (85.7%)

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, 5 (0.6%)

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, 11 (1.3%) Native American, 7 (0.9%) Asian, 1 (0.1%)

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, 25 (3.0%) from other races, and 69 (8.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 84 persons (10.2%). The census reported that 765 people (93.0% of the population) lived in households and 58 (7.0%) were institutionalized. There were 330 households, out of which 59 (17.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 146 (44.2%) were married-couple households, 16 (4.8%) were

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couple households, 60 (18.2%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 108 (32.7%) had a male householder with no partner present. 114 households (34.5%) were one person, and 66 (20.0%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.32. There were 191

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(57.9% of all households). The age distribution was 136 people (16.5%) under the age of 18, 40 people (4.9%) aged 18 to 24, 156 people (19.0%) aged 25 to 44, 269 people (32.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 222 people (27.0%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 51.9years. For every 100 females, there were 100.7 males. There were 420 housing units at an average density of , of which 330 (78.6%) were occupied. Of these, 252 (76.4%) were owner-occupied, and 78 (23.6%) were occupied by renters.

2010

At the 2010 census Mountain Mesa had a population of 777. The population density was . The racial makeup of Mountain Mesa was 687 (88.4%) White, 7 (0.9%) African American, 16 (2.1%) Native American, 6 (0.8%) Asian, 2 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 27 (3.5%) from other races, and 32 (4.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 77 people (9.9%). The census reported that 715 people (92.0% of the population) lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and 62 (8.0%) were institutionalized. There were 304 households, 80 (26.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 139 (45.7%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 26 (8.6%) had a female householder with no husband present, 27 (8.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 18 (5.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 5 (1.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 88 households (28.9%) were one person and 44 (14.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.35. There were 192 families (63.2% of households); the average family size was 2.88. The age distribution was 155 people (19.9%) under the age of 18, 51 people (6.6%) aged 18 to 24, 133 people (17.1%) aged 25 to 44, 222 people (28.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 216 people (27.8%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 49.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males. There were 368 housing units at an average density of 442.7 per square mile, of the occupied units 235 (77.3%) were owner-occupied and 69 (22.7%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 18.6%. 520 people (66.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 195 people (25.1%) lived in rental housing units.

2000

At the 2000 census, the median household income was $23,875 and the median family income was $32,656. Males had a median income of $26,161 versus $14,797 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $13,759. About 28.9% of families and 27.7% of the population were below the

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, including 59.2% of those under age 18 and 31.5% of those age 65 or over.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Kern County, California Populated places in the Sierra Nevada (United States) Kern River Valley Census-designated places in California