Huachuca City vs Mescal

A side-by-side comparison of Huachuca City and Mescal: population, income, housing, and more.

Huachuca City and Mescal are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Huachuca City has the higher population (1,808 vs 1,601 in Mescal). Mescal has the higher median household income ($52,465 vs $47,621 in Huachuca City). Mescal has the higher median home value ($182,900 vs $124,800 in Huachuca City).

Population, income & housing

	Huachuca City	Mescal
Population	1,808	1,601
Median age	45.8 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,621	$52,465
Median home value	$124,800	$182,900
Median gross rent	$652	$737
Housing units	920	774
Homeownership rate	66.3%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huachuca City	Mescal
Population	1,948 → 1,808 (-7.2%)	1,527 → 1,601 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$39,943 → $47,621 (+19.2%)	$35,667 → $52,465 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$93,800 → $124,800 (+33.0%)	$121,500 → $182,900 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $652 (+0.6%)	$739 → $737 (-0.3%)

Huachuca City

Population

1,9481,808

Median household income

$39,943$47,621

Median home value

$93,800$124,800

Median gross rent

$648$652

Mescal

Population

1,5271,601

Median household income

$35,667$52,465

Median home value

$121,500$182,900

Median gross rent

$739$737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huachuca City	Mescal
Under 5	4.4%	1.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	24.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	2.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	4.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	5.7%
45 to 54	15.0%	17.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	17.4%	20.0%
75 and over	7.0%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huachuca City	Mescal
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	73.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.4%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	21.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huachuca City	Mescal
No high school diploma	8.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	29.2%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	47.3%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huachuca City	Mescal
Drove alone	79.1%	54.4%
Carpooled	14.4%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	37.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huachuca City	Mescal
1-unit, detached	57.8%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	37.7%

Poverty & households

	Huachuca City	Mescal
Poverty rate	23.2%	18.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1975	1999