Burnside vs Red Mesa

A side-by-side comparison of Burnside and Red Mesa: population, income, housing, and more.

Burnside and Red Mesa are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Red Mesa has the higher population (470 vs 445 in Burnside). Red Mesa has the higher median household income ($74,167 vs $28,625 in Burnside). Burnside has the higher median home value ($29,100 vs $13,900 in Red Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Burnside	Red Mesa
Population	445	470
Median age	29.4 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$28,625	$74,167
Median home value	$29,100	$13,900
Median gross rent	$490	$913
Housing units	144	205
Homeownership rate	52.1%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnside	Red Mesa
Population	732 → 445 (-39.2%)	501 → 470 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$25,938 → $28,625 (+10.4%)	$57,417 → $74,167 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $29,100 (-58.4%)	$44,200 → $13,900 (-68.6%)
Median gross rent	$467 → $490 (+4.9%)	$888 → $913 (+2.8%)

Burnside

Population

732445

Median household income

$25,938$28,625

Median home value

$70,000$29,100

Median gross rent

$467$490

Red Mesa

Population

501470

Median household income

$57,417$74,167

Median home value

$44,200$13,900

Median gross rent

$888$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnside	Red Mesa
Under 5	7.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	26.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	16.2%	17.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	5.4%	9.1%
75 and over	3.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnside	Red Mesa
White (non-Hispanic)	0.9%	4.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	84.3%	78.7%
Asian	0.0%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnside	Red Mesa
No high school diploma	23.0%	23.1%
High school graduate	22.6%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnside	Red Mesa
Drove alone	64.5%	63.3%
Carpooled	4.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.7%	20.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.2%
Worked from home	21.5%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnside	Red Mesa
1-unit, detached	50.7%	31.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	39.6%	40.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Burnside	Red Mesa
Poverty rate	54.2%	25.1%
Average household size	3.80	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1995	2001