Red Mesa vs Rough Rock

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

Red Mesa and Rough Rock 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 452 in Rough Rock). Red Mesa has the higher median household income ($74,167 vs $36,750 in Rough Rock). Rough Rock has the higher median home value ($54,200 vs $13,900 in Red Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Red Mesa	Rough Rock
Population	470	452
Median age	39.1 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,167	$36,750
Median home value	$13,900	$54,200
Median gross rent	$913	$595
Housing units	205	243
Homeownership rate	10.4%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Mesa	Rough Rock
Population	501 → 470 (-6.2%)	428 → 452 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$57,417 → $74,167 (+29.2%)	$28,750 → $36,750 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$44,200 → $13,900 (-68.6%)	$71,300 → $54,200 (-24.0%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $913 (+2.8%)	$461 → $595 (+29.1%)

Red Mesa

Population

501470

Median household income

$57,417$74,167

Median home value

$44,200$13,900

Median gross rent

$888$913

Rough Rock

Population

428452

Median household income

$28,750$36,750

Median home value

$71,300$54,200

Median gross rent

$461$595

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Red Mesa	Rough Rock
Under 5	6.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	17.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.5%	19.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.8%
75 and over	5.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Mesa	Rough Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	4.3%	0.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	78.7%	99.3%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Mesa	Rough Rock
No high school diploma	23.1%	20.6%
High school graduate	22.2%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Mesa	Rough Rock
Drove alone	63.3%	91.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Mesa	Rough Rock
1-unit, detached	31.2%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	40.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Red Mesa	Rough Rock
Poverty rate	25.1%	25.2%
Average household size	3.51	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	2001	1987