Mesa del Caballo vs Peridot

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

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

Mesa del Caballo has the higher population (1,188 vs 1,141 in Peridot). Mesa del Caballo has the higher median household income ($55,833 vs $44,083 in Peridot). Mesa del Caballo has the higher median home value ($236,100 vs $59,700 in Peridot).

Population, income & housing

	Mesa del Caballo	Peridot
Population	1,188	1,141
Median age	30.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,833	$44,083
Median home value	$236,100	$59,700
Median gross rent	$1,386	$612
Housing units	597	366
Homeownership rate	64.6%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	16.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesa del Caballo	Peridot
Population	962 → 1,188 (+23.5%)	1,676 → 1,141 (-31.9%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $55,833 (+59.5%)	$37,462 → $44,083 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$126,700 → $236,100 (+86.3%)	$26,300 → $59,700 (+127.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,339 → $1,386 (+3.5%)	$354 → $612 (+72.9%)

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

Peridot

Population

1,6761,141

Median household income

$37,462$44,083

Median home value

$26,300$59,700

Median gross rent

$354$612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesa del Caballo	Peridot
Under 5	9.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.3%
25 to 34	28.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	4.7%	8.1%
55 to 64	4.7%	7.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	18.1%
75 and over	6.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesa del Caballo	Peridot
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	7.4%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	69.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	23.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesa del Caballo	Peridot
No high school diploma	10.5%	35.3%
High school graduate	23.6%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	53.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesa del Caballo	Peridot
Drove alone	65.1%	52.1%
Carpooled	13.3%	27.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.1%
Bicycle	4.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	0.0%
Other means	6.6%	10.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesa del Caballo	Peridot
1-unit, detached	59.6%	82.2%
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	40.4%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Mesa del Caballo	Peridot
Poverty rate	13.1%	24.2%
Average household size	2.34	3.41
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1984	1988