Red Mesa vs Steamboat

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

Red Mesa and Steamboat 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 364 in Steamboat). Red Mesa has the higher median household income ($74,167 vs $29,783 in Steamboat). Steamboat has the higher median home value ($39,600 vs $13,900 in Red Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Red Mesa	Steamboat
Population	470	364
Median age	39.1 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,167	$29,783
Median home value	$13,900	$39,600
Median gross rent	$913	$850
Housing units	205	133
Homeownership rate	10.4%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	1.2%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	19.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Mesa	Steamboat
Population	501 → 470 (-6.2%)	316 → 364 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$57,417 → $74,167 (+29.2%)	$17,031 → $29,783 (+74.9%)
Median home value	$44,200 → $13,900 (-68.6%)	$61,800 → $39,600 (-35.9%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $913 (+2.8%)	$875 → $850 (-2.9%)

Red Mesa

Population

501470

Median household income

$57,417$74,167

Median home value

$44,200$13,900

Median gross rent

$888$913

Steamboat

Population

316364

Median household income

$17,031$29,783

Median home value

$61,800$39,600

Median gross rent

$875$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Red Mesa	Steamboat
Under 5	6.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	12.6%
25 to 34	17.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	15.5%	18.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.0%
75 and over	5.5%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Mesa	Steamboat
White (non-Hispanic)	4.3%	0.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	78.7%	100.0%
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	Steamboat
No high school diploma	23.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	22.2%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Mesa	Steamboat
Drove alone	63.3%	87.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.9%	12.2%
Bicycle	6.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Mesa	Steamboat
1-unit, detached	31.2%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	40.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Red Mesa	Steamboat
Poverty rate	25.1%	26.4%
Average household size	3.51	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	2001	1984