Del Muerto vs Red Mesa

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

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

Del Muerto has the higher population (495 vs 470 in Red Mesa). Red Mesa has the higher median household income ($74,167 vs $29,541 in Del Muerto). Del Muerto has the higher median home value ($72,500 vs $13,900 in Red Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Del Muerto	Red Mesa
Population	495	470
Median age	58.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$29,541	$74,167
Median home value	$72,500	$13,900
Median gross rent	—	$913
Housing units	200	205
Homeownership rate	100.0%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Del Muerto	Red Mesa
Population	347 → 495 (+42.7%)	501 → 470 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$21,667 → $29,541 (+36.3%)	$57,417 → $74,167 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$23,900 → $72,500 (+203.3%)	$44,200 → $13,900 (-68.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$888 → $913 (+2.8%)

Del Muerto

Population

347495

Median household income

$21,667$29,541

Median home value

$23,900$72,500

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)

	Del Muerto	Red Mesa
Under 5	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	6.5%	17.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	15.5%
45 to 54	5.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	21.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	16.4%	9.1%
75 and over	11.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Del Muerto	Red Mesa
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	4.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	92.7%	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	0.0%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Del Muerto	Red Mesa
No high school diploma	27.0%	23.1%
High school graduate	46.6%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Del Muerto	Red Mesa
Drove alone	78.3%	63.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	20.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.2%
Worked from home	21.7%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Del Muerto	Red Mesa
1-unit, detached	48.5%	31.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	40.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	51.5%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Del Muerto	Red Mesa
Poverty rate	0.0%	25.1%
Average household size	2.83	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1994	2001