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Mesa, AZ

496,395 Population
138 square miles 3,597 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,808 ±$990 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $31,096 ±$317
  • a little less than the amount in Arizona: $29,420 ±$258
$55,014 ±$2,863 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $61,506 ±$523
  • a little less than the amount in Arizona: $56,581 ±$516

15% ±1.4% (73,484  ±6,940) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 13.3% 620,578 (±0.5% / ±22,016)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 14.9% 1,018,935 (±0.4% / ±28,419)

24.7 minutes ±0.4 (5,424,855  ±199,673) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 26.8 54,488,350 (±0.2 / ±639,682)
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 25.6 73,987,970 (±0.2 / ±716,753)

Families

177,276 ±3,969 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 1,675,676 ±9,015
  • Arizona: 2,552,972 ±11,005
2.8 ±0.1 (492,608  ±599) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 2.8 4,658,143 (±0 / ±4,743)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.7 6,861,127 (±0)

5.8% ±1.1% (6,834  ±1,313) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 5.5% 61,290 (±0.4% / ±4,372)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 5.5% 88,721 (±0.3% / ±4,401)

Housing

208,391 ±4,813 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 1,911,877 ±1,750
  • Arizona: 2,999,185 ±422

$224,700 ±$4,320 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $246,900 ±$2,423
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $223,400 ±$1,876

19% ±1.7% (93,037  ±8,117.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 17.2% 805,979 (±0.5% / ±22,374.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 17.6% 1,218,169 (±0.4% / ±26,600.2)

Social

88.9% ±1.9% (290,127  ±8,029.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 87.3% 2,760,765 (±0.8% / ±25,278.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 87.2% 4,106,464 (±0.6% / ±30,444.3)
28.2% ±1.3% (91,952  ±4,644) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 31.1% 981,863 (±0.5% / ±14,901.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 29.4% 1,383,092 (±0.4% / ±17,701.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

11.7% ±0.8% (57,839  ±4,128) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 14.2% 673,330 (±0.3% / ±15,040)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 13.2% 924,900 (±0.3% / ±18,307)

8.5% ±0.8% (31,472  ±2,949) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 7.8% 280,731 (±0.2% / ±7,671)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 9% 480,778 (±0.2% / ±9,881)
31,472 Total veterans ±2,949 28,036 Male ±2,481 3,436 Female ±1,081

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