Mesquite Creek vs Willow Valley

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

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

Willow Valley has the higher population (817 vs 484 in Mesquite Creek). Mesquite Creek has the higher median household income ($51,071 vs $36,136 in Willow Valley). Willow Valley has the higher median home value ($257,800 vs $178,500 in Mesquite Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Mesquite Creek	Willow Valley
Population	484	817
Median age	65.2 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,071	$36,136
Median home value	$178,500	$257,800
Median gross rent	$1,238	—
Housing units	277	1,078
Homeownership rate	90.1%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	1.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesquite Creek	Willow Valley
Population	458 → 484 (+5.7%)	785 → 817 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$46,850 → $51,071 (+9.0%)	$36,250 → $36,136 (-0.3%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $178,500 (+45.7%)	$129,700 → $257,800 (+98.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,011 → $1,238 (+22.5%)	$535 → $489 (-8.6%)

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

Willow Valley

Population

785817

Median household income

$36,250$36,136

Median home value

$129,700$257,800

Median gross rent

$535$489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesquite Creek	Willow Valley
Under 5	0.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.0%	11.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.3%	4.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	17.9%
45 to 54	3.7%	8.6%
55 to 64	17.6%	28.0%
65 to 74	25.2%	21.1%
75 and over	25.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesquite Creek	Willow Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	91.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesquite Creek	Willow Valley
No high school diploma	14.1%	9.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesquite Creek	Willow Valley
Drove alone	76.7%	81.0%
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%	19.0%
Other means	5.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesquite Creek	Willow Valley
1-unit, detached	94.2%	27.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
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	5.1%	72.7%

Poverty & households

	Mesquite Creek	Willow Valley
Poverty rate	12.0%	12.2%
Average household size	1.92	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	29	15
Median year structure built	1999	1985