Canyon Day vs Mesa del Caballo

A side-by-side comparison of Canyon Day and Mesa del Caballo: population, income, housing, and more.

Canyon Day and Mesa del Caballo are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Canyon Day has the higher population (1,426 vs 1,188 in Mesa del Caballo). Mesa del Caballo has the higher median household income ($55,833 vs $36,563 in Canyon Day). Mesa del Caballo has the higher median home value ($236,100 vs $85,000 in Canyon Day).

Population, income & housing

	Canyon Day	Mesa del Caballo
Population	1,426	1,188
Median age	18.3 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,563	$55,833
Median home value	$85,000	$236,100
Median gross rent	$691	$1,386
Housing units	326	597
Homeownership rate	61.5%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canyon Day	Mesa del Caballo
Population	1,629 → 1,426 (-12.5%)	962 → 1,188 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$29,042 → $36,563 (+25.9%)	$35,000 → $55,833 (+59.5%)
Median home value	$54,200 → $85,000 (+56.8%)	$126,700 → $236,100 (+86.3%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $691 (+20.6%)	$1,339 → $1,386 (+3.5%)

Canyon Day

Population

1,6291,426

Median household income

$29,042$36,563

Median home value

$54,200$85,000

Median gross rent

$573$691

Mesa del Caballo

Population

9621,188

Median household income

$35,000$55,833

Median home value

$126,700$236,100

Median gross rent

$1,339$1,386

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canyon Day	Mesa del Caballo
Under 5	14.5%	9.8%
5 to 17	35.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	28.0%
35 to 44	6.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	4.6%	4.7%
55 to 64	8.7%	4.7%
65 to 74	6.7%	11.0%
75 and over	3.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canyon Day	Mesa del Caballo
White (non-Hispanic)	3.8%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	90.8%	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	3.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canyon Day	Mesa del Caballo
No high school diploma	26.0%	10.5%
High school graduate	40.5%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canyon Day	Mesa del Caballo
Drove alone	58.4%	65.1%
Carpooled	25.5%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.1%
Worked from home	6.2%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canyon Day	Mesa del Caballo
1-unit, detached	94.8%	59.6%
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	5.2%	40.4%

Poverty & households

	Canyon Day	Mesa del Caballo
Poverty rate	48.0%	13.1%
Average household size	5.28	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1991	1984