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Mesa, AZ

517,142 Population
141.8 square miles 3,646.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,318 ±$1,422 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $46,168 ±$639
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $43,676 ±$521
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$85,580 ±$3,656 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $90,133 ±$1,235
  • a little higher than the amount in Arizona: $81,486 ±$684
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.8% ±1.6% (55,586  ±7,954) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 10.3% 523,232 (±0.5% / ±24,193)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 11.7% 866,882 (±0.4% / ±31,738)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.4 minutes ±0.8 (5,553,300  ±282,795) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 27.6 58,209,660 (±0.3 / ±932,852)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 26.4 78,897,560 (±0.3 / ±1,104,235)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

199,972 ±5,554 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,967,378 ±9,732
  • Arizona: 2,982,475 ±11,520
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (510,733  ±193) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 5,094,066 (±0 / ±828)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,416,987
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.1% ±1.3% (7,369  ±1,552) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 4.7% 57,749 (±0.4% / ±4,923)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arizona: 4.6% 80,240 (±0.3% / ±5,916)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

223,662 ±6,128 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,149,005 ±432
  • Arizona: 3,299,178 ±852
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$440,800 ±$8,293 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $470,600 ±$2,742
  • a little higher than the amount in Arizona: $426,000 ±$2,728
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.8% ±1.5% (75,545  ±7,620.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 13.9% 712,259 (±0.5% / ±27,347.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 13.8% 1,032,583 (±0.4% / ±31,511.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.6% ±2.3% (325,729  ±10,276.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 90% 3,224,379 (±0.9% / ±31,816.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 89.7% 4,728,815 (±0.7% / ±37,719.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
35.3% ±1.7% (125,485  ±6,482.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37% 1,323,841 (±0.6% / ±19,587.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 34.7% 1,830,412 (±0.4% / ±23,225.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.6% ±1.2% (59,736  ±6,165) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.4% 748,922
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 13.4% 1,017,951
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.3% ±0.9% (29,188  ±3,489) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 6.5% 263,680 (±0.2% / ±7,444)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 7.4% 442,479 (±0.2% / ±9,993)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
29,188 Total veterans ±3,489 26,449 Male ±3,504 2,739 Female ±755

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