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Mescal, AZ

1,601 Population
4.9 square miles 325.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.4 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 42.9 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arizona: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$28,645 ±$4,875 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: $32,708 ±$1,039
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $40,736 ±$241
$52,465 ±$11,474 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: $58,970 ±$1,831
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $76,872 ±$414

18.7% ±10% (300  ±173) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 15.5% 18,544 (±1.1% / ±1,364)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 907,125 (±0.2% / ±14,212)

30.5 minutes ±21.5 (10,215  ±4,410) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 22.8 937,035 (±0.9 / ±46,617)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 25.5 70,317,520 (±0.1 / ±410,503)

Families

621 ±139 Number of households
  • the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 50,476 ±767
  • Arizona: 2,796,790 ±6,018
2.6 ±0.8 (1,601  ±347) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 2.4 119,401 (±0 / ±203)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,105,986

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

774 ±197 Number of housing units
  • the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 59,312 ±114
  • Arizona: 3,142,443 ±466

$182,900 ±$30,169 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: $207,400 ±$5,633
  • about half the amount in Arizona: $358,900 ±$1,200

4.1% ±3.5% (65  ±57.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 13.8% 17,087 (±1.2% / ±1,541.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arizona: 14.9% 1,069,460 (±0.2% / ±13,475.1)

Social

97.3% ±26.5% (1,119  ±198.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 89.2% 79,635 (±2.3% / ±2,044.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.1% 4,446,105 (±0.3% / ±16,725.9)
24.4% ±6.5% (280  ±94.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 27.7% 24,687 (±1.3% / ±1,177.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 32.6% 1,627,462 (±0.2% / ±10,137.6)

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

2.5% ±2% (40  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 10.7% 13,411
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arizona: 12.9% 935,586

19.1% ±7.6% (226  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 18.2% 17,297 (±1% / ±929)
  • more than double the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 459,818 (±0.1% / ±4,961)
226 Total veterans ±101 211 Male ±99 15 Female ±24

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