Mesa vs Peoria

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

Mesa and Peoria 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 194,338 in Peoria). Peoria has the higher median household income ($93,403 vs $78,779 in Mesa). Peoria has the higher median home value ($429,400 vs $364,300 in Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Mesa	Peoria
Population	507,478	194,338
Median age	37.2 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,779	$93,403
Median home value	$364,300	$429,400
Median gross rent	$1,478	$1,743
Housing units	221,129	78,592
Homeownership rate	64.4%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesa	Peoria
Population	499,720 → 507,478 (+1.6%)	168,196 → 194,338 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$58,181 → $78,779 (+35.4%)	$75,323 → $93,403 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$226,500 → $364,300 (+60.8%)	$264,500 → $429,400 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,044 → $1,478 (+41.6%)	$1,255 → $1,743 (+38.9%)

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

Peoria

Population

168,196194,338

Median household income

$75,323$93,403

Median home value

$264,500$429,400

Median gross rent

$1,255$1,743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesa	Peoria
Under 5	6.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.6%
75 and over	7.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesa	Peoria
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	65.8%
Black or African American	4.1%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.6%
Asian	2.3%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesa	Peoria
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	23.9%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesa	Peoria
Drove alone	67.7%	68.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	8.5%
Public transit	0.9%	0.4%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.9%	20.2%
Other means	1.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesa	Peoria
1-unit, detached	55.1%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	5.4%
20 or more units	8.3%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Mesa	Peoria
Poverty rate	10.5%	8.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1988	1998