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Costa Mesa, CA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Costa Mesa, CA: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 110,851. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet COSTA-MESA-CA · Costa Mesa, CA 2 ZIPs · 110,851 pop · #2893/25278 · Orange County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-RENT · POP-MID · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $111,622
  • RANK-TOP #2893/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Buena Park
  • BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
  • OWN-RENT 40% owners
  • POP-MID 110,851
  • SPREAD-TIGHT 92627→92626
  • HOME-TOP $1,115,750

Nearest income peer: Buena Park, CA (+ $231 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Costa Mesa

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Costa Mesa on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Costa Mesa, CA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 11%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
110,851
city population (Census)
2
USPS ZIP codes covered
$111,622
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $111,622 and home value $1,115,750 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 45.2%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (39.6%) for this income tier, rent $2,468 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within California, Fallbrook is the closest lower-income city and Buena Park the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 2 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Costa Mesa.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Costa Mesa differ

The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Costa Mesa: $108,994 in ZIP 92627 to $114,249 in 92626. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.0×

92627 to 92626

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.0×

92626 to 92627

Poverty-rate spread
0.3 points

92627 to 92626

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Lead ZIP 92627 skews compact Costa Mesa

In this 2-ZIP cluster, 92627 covers about 55% of Costa Mesa's 110,851 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Employer-heavy short list in Costa Mesa

Citywide ZBP: 5,385 establishments, 80,270 employees , annual payroll $6,769,663k (~49 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 92626 (3,196 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (903) · also Retail trade · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Costa Mesa, CA

These ZIP codes sit in Orange County, which covers 88 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Costa Mesa. See the Orange County roll-up →

Costa Mesa lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Orange County: Irvine, Huntington Beach and Orange earn more and Anaheim, Santa Ana and Garden Grove earn less. Westminster marks the far end of that range at $85,585, 23% below Costa Mesa.

Side-by-side: Compare 92627 vs 92626 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
92627 61,510 $108,994 2,189 3,726
92626 49,341 $114,249 3,196 1,958
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Costa Mesa roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Costa Mesa, .