Mescal vs Tombstone

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

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

Mescal has the higher population (1,601 vs 1,022 in Tombstone). Tombstone has the higher median household income ($54,792 vs $52,465 in Mescal). Mescal has the higher median home value ($182,900 vs $150,500 in Tombstone).

Population, income & housing

	Mescal	Tombstone
Population	1,601	1,022
Median age	53.4 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,465	$54,792
Median home value	$182,900	$150,500
Median gross rent	$737	$696
Housing units	774	796
Homeownership rate	88.9%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mescal	Tombstone
Population	1,527 → 1,601 (+4.8%)	1,209 → 1,022 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$35,667 → $52,465 (+47.1%)	$35,174 → $54,792 (+55.8%)
Median home value	$121,500 → $182,900 (+50.5%)	$123,000 → $150,500 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $737 (-0.3%)	$563 → $696 (+23.6%)

Mescal

Population

1,5271,601

Median household income

$35,667$52,465

Median home value

$121,500$182,900

Median gross rent

$739$737

Tombstone

Population

1,2091,022

Median household income

$35,174$54,792

Median home value

$123,000$150,500

Median gross rent

$563$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mescal	Tombstone
Under 5	1.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	24.5%	9.3%
18 to 24	2.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	4.9%	4.1%
35 to 44	5.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	17.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	20.0%	18.1%
75 and over	11.6%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mescal	Tombstone
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	79.3%
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%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mescal	Tombstone
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	30.9%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mescal	Tombstone
Drove alone	54.4%	74.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	37.8%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mescal	Tombstone
1-unit, detached	62.3%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	37.7%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Mescal	Tombstone
Poverty rate	18.7%	11.7%
Average household size	2.58	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1999	1978