Mescal vs Whetstone

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

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

Whetstone has the higher population (2,840 vs 1,601 in Mescal). Mescal has the higher median household income ($52,465 vs $51,050 in Whetstone). Whetstone has the higher median home value ($200,600 vs $182,900 in Mescal).

Population, income & housing

	Mescal	Whetstone
Population	1,601	2,840
Median age	53.4 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,465	$51,050
Median home value	$182,900	$200,600
Median gross rent	$737	$1,057
Housing units	774	1,398
Homeownership rate	88.9%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mescal	Whetstone
Population	1,527 → 1,601 (+4.8%)	2,304 → 2,840 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$35,667 → $52,465 (+47.1%)	$51,622 → $51,050 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$121,500 → $182,900 (+50.5%)	$125,800 → $200,600 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $737 (-0.3%)	$807 → $1,057 (+31.0%)

Mescal

Population

1,5271,601

Median household income

$35,667$52,465

Median home value

$121,500$182,900

Median gross rent

$739$737

Whetstone

Population

2,3042,840

Median household income

$51,622$51,050

Median home value

$125,800$200,600

Median gross rent

$807$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mescal	Whetstone
Under 5	1.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	24.5%	10.8%
18 to 24	2.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	4.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	5.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	17.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	19.3%
65 to 74	20.0%	13.9%
75 and over	11.6%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mescal	Whetstone
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	63.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mescal	Whetstone
No high school diploma	2.7%	5.7%
High school graduate	30.9%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mescal	Whetstone
Drove alone	54.4%	75.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.8%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mescal	Whetstone
1-unit, detached	62.3%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
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%	42.3%

Poverty & households

	Mescal	Whetstone
Poverty rate	18.7%	28.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	30	40
Median year structure built	1999	1995