Mescal vs Pirtleville

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

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

Pirtleville has the higher population (1,869 vs 1,601 in Mescal). Mescal has the higher median household income ($52,465 vs $49,022 in Pirtleville). Mescal has the higher median home value ($182,900 vs $75,500 in Pirtleville).

Population, income & housing

	Mescal	Pirtleville
Population	1,601	1,869
Median age	53.4 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,465	$49,022
Median home value	$182,900	$75,500
Median gross rent	$737	$665
Housing units	774	587
Homeownership rate	88.9%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	18.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mescal	Pirtleville
Population	1,527 → 1,601 (+4.8%)	1,572 → 1,869 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$35,667 → $52,465 (+47.1%)	$35,083 → $49,022 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$121,500 → $182,900 (+50.5%)	$78,400 → $75,500 (-3.7%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $737 (-0.3%)	$585 → $665 (+13.7%)

Mescal

Population

1,5271,601

Median household income

$35,667$52,465

Median home value

$121,500$182,900

Median gross rent

$739$737

Pirtleville

Population

1,5721,869

Median household income

$35,083$49,022

Median home value

$78,400$75,500

Median gross rent

$585$665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mescal	Pirtleville
Under 5	1.6%	1.4%
5 to 17	24.5%	19.4%
18 to 24	2.1%	12.7%
25 to 34	4.9%	22.8%
35 to 44	5.7%	6.2%
45 to 54	17.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.8%
65 to 74	20.0%	7.4%
75 and over	11.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mescal	Pirtleville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mescal	Pirtleville
No high school diploma	2.7%	57.6%
High school graduate	30.9%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mescal	Pirtleville
Drove alone	54.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.8%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mescal	Pirtleville
1-unit, detached	62.3%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.7%	35.1%

Poverty & households

	Mescal	Pirtleville
Poverty rate	18.7%	25.4%
Average household size	2.58	3.94
Mean commute (minutes)	30	38
Median year structure built	1999	1976