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Mesa, AZ

508,979 Population
138 square miles 3,688.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 38 ±0.2

Economics

$28,709 ±$993 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $32,438 ±$406
  • a little less than the amount in Arizona: $30,530 ±$318
$58,247 ±$2,148 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $64,427 ±$887
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $59,246 ±$732

13.9% ±1.6% (70,407  ±8,257) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 12.2% 583,806 (±0.4% / ±19,689)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 14% 983,499 (±0.4% / ±28,300)

25 minutes ±0.5 (5,553,515  ±197,631) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 26.7 56,118,555 (±0.2 / ±671,490)
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 25.8 76,216,710 (±0.2 / ±729,431)

Families

185,509 ±3,765 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 1,730,400 ±8,772
  • Arizona: 2,614,298 ±11,305
2.7 ±0.1 (505,197  ±704) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 2.8 4,776,230 (±0 / ±4,926)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 2.7 7,012,204 (±0)

7.7% ±1.2% (9,074  ±1,508) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 5.9% 67,997 (±0.4% / ±4,866)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arizona: 5.7% 92,780 (±0.4% / ±5,929)

Housing

217,400 ±4,343 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 1,940,167 ±1,804
  • Arizona: 3,035,902 ±406

$242,500 ±$4,725 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $267,000 ±$2,209
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $241,100 ±$1,921

21% ±1.8% (104,961  ±9,112.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 16.6% 795,175 (±0.5% / ±24,729.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 17% 1,202,437 (±0.4% / ±30,170.5)

Social

88.3% ±2.1% (299,379  ±8,887) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 88% 2,867,356 (±0.8% / ±26,567.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 87.5% 4,234,370 (±0.7% / ±31,758.1)
26.9% ±1.3% (91,078  ±4,790.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 31.9% 1,040,388 (±0.5% / ±15,468.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 29.7% 1,438,493 (±0.4% / ±18,983.3)

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

12.4% ±1.3% (62,923  ±6,634) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 14.3% 695,508 (±0.3% / ±14,526)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 13.4% 960,275 (±0.3% / ±17,694)

8.9% ±0.7% (34,526  ±2,791) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 7.9% 293,858 (±0.2% / ±7,699)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 9% 496,239 (±0.2% / ±9,859)
34,526 Total veterans ±2,791 31,936 Male ±2,592 2,590 Female ±794

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