Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Mecca is worth considering.
Being a small town, Mecca does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Mecca has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 1.90% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Mecca in 2022 was $19,496, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,984 for a family of four. However, Mecca contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mecca is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mecca home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Mecca, accounting for 98.00% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Mecca residents report their race to be Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Mecca include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Mecca's cultural character, accounting for 58.83% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Mecca is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
