Chandler vs Mesa

A side-by-side comparison of Chandler and Mesa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mesa has the higher population (507,478 vs 278,123 in Chandler). Chandler has the higher median household income ($103,691 vs $78,779 in Mesa). Chandler has the higher median home value ($469,800 vs $364,300 in Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Chandler	Mesa
Population	278,123	507,478
Median age	37.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$103,691	$78,779
Median home value	$469,800	$364,300
Median gross rent	$1,806	$1,478
Housing units	111,444	221,129
Homeownership rate	65.6%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chandler	Mesa
Population	252,692 → 278,123 (+10.1%)	499,720 → 507,478 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$82,925 → $103,691 (+25.0%)	$58,181 → $78,779 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$300,800 → $469,800 (+56.2%)	$226,500 → $364,300 (+60.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,312 → $1,806 (+37.7%)	$1,044 → $1,478 (+41.6%)

Chandler

Population

252,692278,123

Median household income

$82,925$103,691

Median home value

$300,800$469,800

Median gross rent

$1,312$1,806

Mesa

Population

499,720507,478

Median household income

$58,181$78,779

Median home value

$226,500$364,300

Median gross rent

$1,044$1,478

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chandler	Mesa
Under 5	5.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	14.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.7%
75 and over	5.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chandler	Mesa
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	60.7%
Black or African American	5.1%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	1.5%
Asian	11.3%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	26.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chandler	Mesa
No high school diploma	6.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	16.2%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chandler	Mesa
Drove alone	65.5%	67.7%
Carpooled	8.5%	11.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.9%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	22.7%	16.9%
Other means	1.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chandler	Mesa
1-unit, detached	68.2%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	11.2%
20 or more units	8.9%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Chandler	Mesa
Poverty rate	7.7%	10.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1997	1988