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Mesa, AZ

509,492 Population
138.8 square miles 3,670.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$35,439 ±$1,419 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $38,713 ±$487
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $36,295 ±$370
$69,266 ±$2,932 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $75,731 ±$741
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $69,056 ±$686

10.1% ±1.5% (51,113  ±7,767) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 11.1% 539,178 (±0.5% / ±22,748)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 908,961 (±0.4% / ±26,990)

23.8 minutes ±0.5 (4,634,515  ±204,718) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 25.6 45,789,380 (±0.2 / ±654,265)
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 24.8 64,431,888 (±0.2 / ±752,153)

Families

199,112 ±5,108 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,863,195 ±7,438
  • Arizona: 2,817,723 ±10,850
2.5 ±0.1 (505,455  ±1,240) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 4,869,169 (±0 / ±5,045)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,130,607 (±0)

5.2% ±1.2% (6,161  ±1,442) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 4.9% 57,546 (±0.5% / ±5,419)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 5% 83,599 (±0.4% / ±6,586)

Housing

221,995 ±5,732 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,028,321 ±1,976
  • Arizona: 3,138,685 ±419

$350,100 ±$7,471 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $374,100 ±$3,136
  • a little higher than the amount in Arizona: $336,300 ±$2,390

17.2% ±1.7% (86,614  ±8,714.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.6% 712,488 (±0.5% / ±24,421.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 14.7% 1,058,700 (±0.4% / ±30,534.7)

Social

91.5% ±2% (320,415  ±9,481.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 89.3% 3,002,815 (±0.9% / ±29,585.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 89% 4,430,934 (±0.7% / ±35,283.3)
32.3% ±1.4% (113,154  ±5,521.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 34.6% 1,162,438 (±0.5% / ±17,048.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 32.4% 1,615,081 (±0.4% / ±20,542.9)

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

11% ±1.2% (55,813  ±6,054) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 13.4% 664,841 (±0.3% / ±15,677)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 12.6% 915,934 (±0.3% / ±17,998)

7.6% ±0.8% (29,919  ±3,294) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.1% 271,428 (±0.2% / ±8,372)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 454,375 (±0.2% / ±12,115)
29,919 Total veterans ±3,294 26,784 Male ±2,939 3,135 Female ±994

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