Código postal 91942 — La Mesa, CA

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El código postal 91942 cubre La Mesa, California, con una población de unos 40,920 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $81,262.

Población: 40,9207,092 per square mile
Edad media: 37.51.2 points below the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $81,26216% below the California median
Tasa de pobreza: 12.7%about the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $819,718up 21.6% in five years
Alquiler medio: $1,934about the California median
Título universitario o superior: 38.2%3.2 points above the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 44%21 points below the US average
Zona horaria: Pacific UTC-08:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 1,506

Dónde está 91942

La Mesa, California — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	40,920
Edad media	37.5
Hogares familiares	50.9%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	15.3%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	26.2%
Blanca (no hispana)	53.6%
Negra (no hispana)	7%
Asiática (no hispana)	6.7%
Hispana o latina	27%
Veteranos	8.2%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$81,262
Ingreso por persona	$46,732
Tasa de pobreza	12.7%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	9.8%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	5.9%
$10–15k	3.3%
$15–20k	2.7%
$20–25k	3.0%
$25–30k	3.8%
$30–35k	3.1%
$35–40k	2.0%
$40–45k	2.5%
$45–50k	3.4%
$50–60k	7.6%
$60–75k	8.9%
$75–100k	12.1%
$100–125k	13.5%
$125–150k	6.8%
$150–200k	11.0%
$200k or more	10.4%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	20,700
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$79,670
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	6.1%
Returns, under $25k	21.4%
Returns, $25k–$50k	22.6%
Returns, $50k–$75k	17.1%
Returns, $75k–$100k	12.3%
Returns, $100k–$200k	20.5%
Returns, $200k or more	6.1%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$689,300
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,934
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	36.6%
Ocupada por su propietario	44%
Viviendas vacías	4.9%
Año medio de construcción	1971

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	39.5%
Casa adosada	7.8%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	8.6%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	13.3%
20 o más viviendas	29%
Casa móvil	1.4%
Barco, autocaravana o furgoneta	0.5%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$819,718as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 0.9%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 21.6%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 84.6%
Alquiler típico solicitado	$2,674as of 2026-07
Typical asking rent, 1 year	up 1.2%
Typical asking rent, 5 years	up 27%
Typical asking rent, 10 years	up 66.6%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$182,899 in 2000 to $819,718 in 2026.

Alquiler típico solicitado

$1,605 in 2016 to $2,674 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	6.7%
Licenciatura o superior	38.2%
Bachillerato o superior	93.6%
Trabaja desde casa	15%
Conduce solo al trabajo	71%
Usa el transporte público	2.6%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	12.7%

Salud

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesidad	26.2% 7.2 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	9.4% 2.6 pts below the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	10.4% 2.8 pts below the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	29.5% 4.6 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	18% 2.3 pts below the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	7.1% 4.2 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	23.2% 1.3 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	19.4% 6 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	21.7% 3.4 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	17.1% 1.1 pts above the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	68.8% 5.9 pts below the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	8% same as the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	9.7% 0.7 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	5.4% 0.8 pts below the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	73.4% 3.3 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	86.3% same as the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	14.1% 0.7 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	64.5% same as the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	5.2% 1.4 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	65.9% 4.6 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	27.5% 3.2 pts below the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	26.9% 2.1 pts above the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	13.7% 3.4 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	13.6% 0.7 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	5.8% 0.9 pts below the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	33.1% 3.1 pts below the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	12.8% 1 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	7.8% 0.6 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	8.1% 1.1 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	35.6% 1.2 pts above the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	77.5% 1.6 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	17.3% 0.5 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	12.2% 1.8 pts below the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	12.3% 1.2 pts below the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	3.4% 0.6 pts below the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	6.5% 2.3 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	34.2% 2.2 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	3% same as the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	10.6% 2.4 pts below the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	4.6% 1 pts below the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	1,506
Personas empleadas	21,556
Nómina anual	$1,221,226,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 30.5% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Very Low to Relatively Low en los 15 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	29.2 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	5.4 sobre 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Terremoto	84.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	62.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	53Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	39.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	20.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	17.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	11.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	9.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	7.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	3.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con California y Estados Unidos

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	California	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$81,262	$96,334	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$46,732	$47,977	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	12.7%	12%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$689,300	$695,400	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,934	$1,956	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	44%	55.8%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	38.2%	36.5%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	6.7%	6.4%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	15%	15.5%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	15.3%	26.7%	13.9%
Edad media	37.5	37.6	38.7

Clima

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Estación meteorológica	EL CAJON, CA US8.7 km away
Lluvia al año	12 in

Average high and low by month

enero	69.3°F / 42.5°F2.32 in rain
febrero	69.2°F / 44.4°F2.61 in rain
marzo	71.3°F / 48°F1.92 in rain
abril	74.5°F / 50.7°F0.75 in rain
mayo	76.2°F / 55.9°F0.3 in rain
junio	80.8°F / 59.4°F0.06 in rain
julio	86.1°F / 63.3°F0.16 in rain
agosto	88.6°F / 64.7°F0.02 in rain
septiembre	87.3°F / 62.1°F0.11 in rain
octubre	81°F / 55.6°F0.54 in rain
noviembre	75.2°F / 47.1°F1.01 in rain
diciembre	68.5°F / 41.7°F1.83 in rain

Acceso a alimentos

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	17% of this ZIP code's area

Distritos escolares

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 2 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Grossmont Union High School District	49.9% de la superficie de este código postal
La Mesa-Spring Valley School District	49.8% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Vulnerabilidad social general	60más vulnerable que el 60% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	51más vulnerable que el 51% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	44más vulnerable que el 44% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	62más vulnerable que el 62% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	73más vulnerable que el 73% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	14.1 out of 20Above average

Códigos postales cercanos

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

91943 La Mesa, CA	a 1.8 km
91944 La Mesa, CA	a 1.8 km
92119 San Diego, CA	a 2.3 km
91941 La Mesa, CA	a 2.7 km
91976 Spring Valley, CA	a 4.7 km
91979 Spring Valley, CA	a 4.7 km
91946 Lemon Grove, CA	a 4.7 km
92020 El Cajon, CA	a 5 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

San Diego County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Pacific (UTC-08:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	5.77 sq mi
Densidad de población	7,092 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	32.7835, -117.0189

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.