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Mesa, AZ

517,981 Population
138.1 square miles 3,751.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 38.3 ±0.2

Economics

$32,448 ±$1,704 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $34,074 ±$387
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $32,173 ±$301
$63,836 ±$2,762 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $67,896 ±$986
  • a little higher than the amount in Arizona: $62,055 ±$446

11.6% ±1.6% (59,387  ±8,081) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 12.1% 587,560 (±0.5% / ±25,225)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 13.5% 958,442 (±0.5% / ±33,279)

27 minutes ±0.8 (6,210,870  ±251,195) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 27.9 60,107,070 (±0.3 / ±745,188)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 26.6 80,588,860 (±0.2 / ±880,264)

Families

187,111 ±4,486 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,765,135 ±9,816
  • Arizona: 2,670,441 ±12,014
2.8 ±0.1 (513,880  ±841) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.8 4,863,677 (±0 / ±4,307)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.7 7,116,824 (±0)

6.2% ±1.5% (7,486  ±1,837) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5.2% 61,234 (±0.5% / ±6,042)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 5.4% 89,019 (±0.4% / ±7,035)

Housing

215,150 ±5,036 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,970,654 ±1,544
  • Arizona: 3,076,048 ±708

$259,300 ±$5,294 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $283,500 ±$2,047
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $255,900 ±$2,295

16.8% ±1.5% (85,838  ±7,453.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 16.2% 790,145 (±0.5% / ±26,071.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 16.1% 1,161,844 (±0.4% / ±29,906.5)

Social

90.5% ±1.9% (311,668  ±9,085.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 88% 2,939,996 (±0.8% / ±28,017.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 87.6% 4,331,542 (±0.7% / ±34,029)
29.2% ±1.4% (100,515  ±5,113.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 32.2% 1,074,497 (±0.5% / ±15,824.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 30.2% 1,492,158 (±0.4% / ±18,805)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

10.4% ±1% (53,919  ±5,176) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.3% 707,563 (±0.3% / ±16,744)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 13.4% 976,301 (±0.3% / ±19,038)

8.4% ±0.7% (32,799  ±2,782) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.6% 288,643 (±0.2% / ±8,063)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 8.5% 478,354 (±0.2% / ±9,908)
32,799 Total veterans ±2,782 29,728 Male ±2,619 3,071 Female ±959

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