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Mesa, AZ

511,624 Population
141.4 square miles 3,618.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 38 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$40,051 ±$1,789 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $43,862 ±$609
  • a little less than the amount in Arizona: $41,290 ±$524
$79,145 ±$4,203 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $85,700 ±$1,382
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $77,315 ±$931

11.1% ±1.5% (56,473  ±7,392) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 10.9% 544,729 (±0.5% / ±23,259)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 905,418 (±0.5% / ±32,734)

25.2 minutes ±0.7 (5,041,670  ±237,928) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 26.7 53,605,284 (±0.3 / ±892,106)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 25.7 73,541,830 (±0.2 / ±972,021)

Families

203,676 ±5,754 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,922,068 ±9,012
  • Arizona: 2,907,014 ±12,227
2.5 ±0.1 (504,927  ±191) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 4,981,057 (±0 / ±1,694)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,268,616

4.8% ±1.2% (5,690  ±1,408) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5% 59,793 (±0.4% / ±5,034)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 5.1% 87,133 (±0.4% / ±6,032)

Housing

226,455 ±6,407 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,103,658 ±706
  • Arizona: 3,239,474 ±370

$424,100 ±$8,668 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $457,400 ±$3,684
  • a little higher than the amount in Arizona: $411,200 ±$3,380

14.5% ±1.6% (73,443  ±7,959.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 13.7% 685,954 (±0.5% / ±23,197.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 14% 1,026,747 (±0.4% / ±29,187.6)

Social

90.6% ±2.3% (322,194  ±10,860.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 89.8% 3,133,395 (±0.9% / ±30,872.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,603,089 (±0.7% / ±37,471.7)
34% ±1.5% (120,804  ±6,068) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 35.5% 1,238,689 (±0.5% / ±18,283.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 33.5% 1,726,116 (±0.4% / ±21,546.2)

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

11.3% ±1.1% (58,006  ±5,780) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.2% 720,728
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 13.2% 980,927

6.6% ±0.9% (26,257  ±3,501) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 6.5% 255,483 (±0.2% / ±9,007)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 7.5% 434,487 (±0.2% / ±11,101)
26,257 Total veterans ±3,501 23,913 Male ±3,334 2,344 Female ±779

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