Mesquite Creek vs Walnut Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Mesquite Creek and Walnut Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walnut Creek has the higher population (581 vs 484 in Mesquite Creek). Mesquite Creek has the higher median household income ($51,071 vs $39,342 in Walnut Creek). Walnut Creek has the higher median home value ($234,400 vs $178,500 in Mesquite Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Mesquite Creek	Walnut Creek
Population	484	581
Median age	65.2 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,071	$39,342
Median home value	$178,500	$234,400
Median gross rent	$1,238	—
Housing units	277	345
Homeownership rate	90.1%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesquite Creek	Walnut Creek
Population	458 → 484 (+5.7%)	669 → 581 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$46,850 → $51,071 (+9.0%)	$50,000 → $39,342 (-21.3%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $178,500 (+45.7%)	$150,800 → $234,400 (+55.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,011 → $1,238 (+22.5%)	—

Mesquite Creek

Population

458484

Median household income

$46,850$51,071

Median home value

$122,500$178,500

Median gross rent

$1,011$1,238

Walnut Creek

Population

669581

Median household income

$50,000$39,342

Median home value

$150,800$234,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesquite Creek	Walnut Creek
Under 5	0.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.0%	10.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.1%
25 to 34	3.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	3.3%
45 to 54	3.7%	18.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	25.2%	29.4%
75 and over	25.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesquite Creek	Walnut Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	80.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	20.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesquite Creek	Walnut Creek
No high school diploma	14.1%	9.0%
High school graduate	34.4%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesquite Creek	Walnut Creek
Drove alone	76.7%	79.4%
Carpooled	12.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	20.6%
Other means	5.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesquite Creek	Walnut Creek
1-unit, detached	94.2%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	47.8%

Poverty & households

	Mesquite Creek	Walnut Creek
Poverty rate	12.0%	7.2%
Average household size	1.92	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1999	1996