Mesa del Caballo vs Tonto Basin

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

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

Tonto Basin has the higher population (1,593 vs 1,188 in Mesa del Caballo). Mesa del Caballo has the higher median household income ($55,833 vs $50,871 in Tonto Basin). Tonto Basin has the higher median home value ($253,400 vs $236,100 in Mesa del Caballo).

Population, income & housing

	Mesa del Caballo	Tonto Basin
Population	1,188	1,593
Median age	30.8 yrs	70.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,833	$50,871
Median home value	$236,100	$253,400
Median gross rent	$1,386	—
Housing units	597	1,285
Homeownership rate	64.6%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesa del Caballo	Tonto Basin
Population	962 → 1,188 (+23.5%)	1,685 → 1,593 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $55,833 (+59.5%)	$42,215 → $50,871 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$126,700 → $236,100 (+86.3%)	$131,100 → $253,400 (+93.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,339 → $1,386 (+3.5%)	$550 → $795 (+44.5%)

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

Tonto Basin

Population

1,6851,593

Median household income

$42,215$50,871

Median home value

$131,100$253,400

Median gross rent

$550$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesa del Caballo	Tonto Basin
Under 5	9.8%	2.1%
5 to 17	17.9%	4.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	2.0%
25 to 34	28.0%	3.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	2.0%
45 to 54	4.7%	18.6%
55 to 64	4.7%	5.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	30.6%
75 and over	6.5%	30.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesa del Caballo	Tonto Basin
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	90.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesa del Caballo	Tonto Basin
No high school diploma	10.5%	15.2%
High school graduate	23.6%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	53.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesa del Caballo	Tonto Basin
Drove alone	65.1%	58.4%
Carpooled	13.3%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	29.2%
Other means	6.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesa del Caballo	Tonto Basin
1-unit, detached	59.6%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
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%	57.8%

Poverty & households

	Mesa del Caballo	Tonto Basin
Poverty rate	13.1%	18.0%
Average household size	2.34	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1984	1999