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Mesa, AZ

508,918 Population
138.7 square miles 3,669.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$30,903 ±$556 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $34,378 ±$230
  • a little less than the amount in Arizona: $32,340 ±$182
$61,640 ±$978 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $67,068 ±$362
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $61,529 ±$286

13.3% ±0.8% (67,209  ±3,995) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 12.7% 604,753 (±0.2% / ±10,759)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 14.1% 990,528 (±0.2% / ±12,842)

25.4 minutes ±0.5 (5,590,180  ±125,761) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 26.9 54,986,805 (±0.2 / ±402,390)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 25.8 74,646,265 (±0.1 / ±443,232)

Families

186,503 ±1,819 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,745,219 ±4,293
  • Arizona: 2,643,430 ±6,290
2.7 ±0 (504,952  ±418) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.7 4,779,596 (±0 / ±2,352)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 2.7 7,016,130 (±0)

5.7% ±0.6% (6,767  ±719) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5.5% 63,603 (±0.2% / ±2,277)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 5.5% 89,575 (±0.2% / ±2,739)

Housing

214,831 ±1,768 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,943,813 ±1,056
  • Arizona: 3,040,595 ±794

$245,500 ±$3,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $269,300 ±$1,332
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $242,000 ±$963

18.9% ±0.7% (95,019  ±3,592.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 16.7% 799,681 (±0.3% / ±12,885)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 17% 1,202,434 (±0.2% / ±15,058.8)

Social

89.9% ±1.1% (306,196  ±4,414.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 88.3% 2,880,573 (±0.4% / ±13,959.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 87.9% 4,258,137 (±0.4% / ±16,948.7)
28.1% ±0.6% (95,649  ±2,275) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 32.2% 1,051,665 (±0.3% / ±8,247)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 30.3% 1,468,698 (±0.2% / ±9,585.1)

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

11.9% ±0.6% (60,775  ±3,135) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.2% 690,389 (±0.2% / ±9,455)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 13.2% 947,611 (±0.2% / ±10,597)

8.4% ±0.4% (32,396  ±1,413) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.9% 290,631 (±0.1% / ±3,621)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 8.9% 491,239 (±0.1% / ±4,620)
32,396 Total veterans ±1,413 29,500 Male ±1,246 2,896 Female ±482

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