Mesa Vista, California

Mesa Vista
census-designated place
Location in Alpine County and the state of California
Mesa Vista Location in the United States
Coordinates: 38°48′26″N 119°47′46″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Alpine
Government
• State Senate	Megan Dahle (R)
• State Assembly	Joe Patterson (R)
• U. S. Congress	Mike Thompson (D)
Area
• Total	4.875 sq mi (12.627 km2)
• Land	4.875 sq mi (12.627 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation	5,486 ft (1,672 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	217
• Density	45/sq mi (17/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	96120
Area code	530
FIPS code	06-47086
GNIS feature ID	1877181, 2408820

Mesa Vista (corruption of Vista de la Mesa, Spanish for "View of Table") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Alpine County, California, United States. The population was 217 at the 2020 census, up from 200 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.9 square miles (13 km²), all land.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Mesa Vista had a population of 217. The population density was 44.5 inhabitants per square mile (17.2/km²). The racial makeup of Mesa Vista was 80.6% White, 0.5% African American, 1.4% Native American, 0.0% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.0% from other races, and 17.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.3% of the population.

All of the population lived in households.

There were 89 households, out of which 25.8% included children under the age of 18, 55.1% were married-couple households, 11.2% were cohabiting couple households, 20.2% had a female householder with no partner present, and 13.5% had a male householder with no partner present. 21.3% of households were one person, and 12.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.44. There were 63 families (70.8% of all households).

The age distribution was 11.5% under the age of 18, 0.5% aged 18 to 24, 21.2% aged 25 to 44, 37.3% aged 45 to 64, and 29.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 55.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.9 males.

There were 106 housing units at an average density of 21.7 units per square mile (8.4 units/km²), of which 89 (84.0%) were occupied. Of these, 91.0% were owner-occupied, and 9.0% were occupied by renters.