Calimesa is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 11,165 people and two associated neighborhoods, Calimesa is the 420th largest community in California. Calimesa has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Calimesa, where the median household income is $90,313.00.

Housing costs in Calimesa are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.04% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Calimesa has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Calimesa a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Calimesa is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Calimesa, the average commute to work is 36.62 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

In terms of college education, Calimesa is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.43% of adults in Calimesa have a college degree.

The per capita income in Calimesa in 2022 was $39,738, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $158,952 for a family of four. However, Calimesa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Calimesa is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Calimesa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Calimesa residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Calimesa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.19% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Calimesa include English, German, Irish, Italian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Calimesa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.