Mecca is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 8,219 people and three associated neighborhoods, Mecca is the 441st largest community in California.When you are in Mecca, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 56.40% of Mecca’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Mecca is a town of service providers, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Mecca who work in farm management occupations (21.36%), maintenance occupations (12.44%), and sales jobs (7.44%). In addition, many people in Mecca have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Mecca has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Mecca has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mecca than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mecca may be for you. As is often the case in a small town, Mecca doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.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. Mecca also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 58.83%. The most common language spoken in Mecca is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
