Calimesa is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 11,150 people and two associated neighborhoods, Calimesa is the 420th largest community in California.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.06% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 34.80 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

The education level of Calimesa citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.60% of adults in Calimesa have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Calimesa in 2022 was $42,639, 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 $170,556 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 Black or African-American. Calimesa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.06% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Calimesa include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

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