Calimesa, California.
Typical home $566,110 (+1.2% in a year), asking rent $2,250 . Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,554 (+110%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,443 +1%
- $559,666$566,110 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $67,760 +14%
- $498,349$566,110 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Calimesa$2,971
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 27 years.
Typical home values in Calimesa, CA rose 1.2% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Calimesa, Riverside County, California
Calimesa is a city of 10,026 people in Riverside County. Half its households earn more than $87,181 a year and half less, against $93,074 across Riverside County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 89% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 11% are rented. Unemployment in Riverside County was 6.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then construction.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Calimesa is a small city in Riverside County where nearly all homes are lived in by their owners, a much higher share than across the county as a whole. Household incomes run somewhat below the county's, and poverty is uncommon. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers get hot, especially in August; rain is light across the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, the building trades, professional and business services, and shops. Among the larger workplaces in town are Baker's Drive-Thru, Premium Concrete Construction and Tractor Supply Company Store. Commutes are fairly long, and some people work from home.
Things to do. San Bernardino National Forest, a protected area, is a short drive away, as are Mill Creek, a river, and Gilman Ranch, a museum. Farther afield, Big Bear Lake, a reservoir, is a longer drive.
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- 3,965households
- 30%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 36 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Riverside County had 846,070 jobs in 2025, 0.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 66° and lows near 40°; warmest in August, with highs near 96° and lows near 63°. About 13 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Redlands weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Calimesa
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day SaintsUsed merchandise store45
- X-AnnaDemolition, building and structure34
- Baker's Drive-ThruFast-food restaurants27
- Premium Concrete ConstructionFooting and foundation concrete contractors25
- Tommy Gun PlasteringPlastering contractors24
- Tractor Supply Company StoreGeneral merchandise stores22
- Oakview ConstructorsSchool building construction20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 197 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- WildfireVery high
- EarthquakesVery high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Calimesa’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Riverside County and the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro.
Calimesa home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Calimesa$566,110
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Calimesa listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Calimesa26.25%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Calimesa35
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Calimesa11
Zip codes with a Calimesa address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Calimesa — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.