Gilbert vs Mesa

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

Gilbert 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 271,118 in Gilbert). Gilbert has the higher median household income ($121,351 vs $78,779 in Mesa). Gilbert has the higher median home value ($518,600 vs $364,300 in Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Gilbert	Mesa
Population	271,118	507,478
Median age	35.7 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$121,351	$78,779
Median home value	$518,600	$364,300
Median gross rent	$2,028	$1,478
Housing units	94,983	221,129
Homeownership rate	73.9%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilbert	Mesa
Population	243,254 → 271,118 (+11.5%)	499,720 → 507,478 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$96,857 → $121,351 (+25.3%)	$58,181 → $78,779 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$328,700 → $518,600 (+57.8%)	$226,500 → $364,300 (+60.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,518 → $2,028 (+33.6%)	$1,044 → $1,478 (+41.6%)

Gilbert

Population

243,254271,118

Median household income

$96,857$121,351

Median home value

$328,700$518,600

Median gross rent

$1,518$2,028

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)

	Gilbert	Mesa
Under 5	6.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	16.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	6.6%	9.7%
75 and over	4.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilbert	Mesa
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	60.7%
Black or African American	3.2%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.5%
Asian	6.5%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	26.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilbert	Mesa
No high school diploma	3.5%	9.0%
High school graduate	16.1%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilbert	Mesa
Drove alone	65.8%	67.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	11.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.9%
Walked	0.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	23.6%	16.9%
Other means	1.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilbert	Mesa
1-unit, detached	82.7%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	11.2%
20 or more units	6.4%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Gilbert	Mesa
Poverty rate	5.1%	10.5%
Average household size	2.95	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	2002	1988