Red Mesa vs Rock Point

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

Red Mesa and Rock Point 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 405 in Rock Point). Red Mesa has the higher median household income ($74,167 vs $40,000 in Rock Point). Rock Point has the higher median home value ($19,300 vs $13,900 in Red Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Red Mesa	Rock Point
Population	470	405
Median age	39.1 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,167	$40,000
Median home value	$13,900	$19,300
Median gross rent	$913	$479
Housing units	205	155
Homeownership rate	10.4%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Mesa	Rock Point
Population	501 → 470 (-6.2%)	593 → 405 (-31.7%)
Median household income	$57,417 → $74,167 (+29.2%)	$23,281 → $40,000 (+71.8%)
Median home value	$44,200 → $13,900 (-68.6%)	$26,700 → $19,300 (-27.7%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $913 (+2.8%)	$555 → $479 (-13.7%)

Red Mesa

Population

501470

Median household income

$57,417$74,167

Median home value

$44,200$13,900

Median gross rent

$888$913

Rock Point

Population

593405

Median household income

$23,281$40,000

Median home value

$26,700$19,300

Median gross rent

$555$479

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Red Mesa	Rock Point
Under 5	6.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.0%	24.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	17.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.4%
75 and over	5.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Mesa	Rock Point
White (non-Hispanic)	4.3%	0.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	78.7%	98.3%
Asian	5.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Mesa	Rock Point
No high school diploma	23.1%	17.5%
High school graduate	22.2%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Mesa	Rock Point
Drove alone	63.3%	52.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.9%	26.7%
Bicycle	6.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Mesa	Rock Point
1-unit, detached	31.2%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	40.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Red Mesa	Rock Point
Poverty rate	25.1%	40.7%
Average household size	3.51	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	19	38
Median year structure built	2001	1981