Dilkon vs Second Mesa

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

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

Dilkon has the higher population (1,267 vs 1,206 in Second Mesa). Second Mesa has the higher median household income ($42,778 vs $38,452 in Dilkon). Dilkon has the higher median home value ($77,500 vs $77,200 in Second Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Dilkon	Second Mesa
Population	1,267	1,206
Median age	33.2 yrs	26.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,452	$42,778
Median home value	$77,500	$77,200
Median gross rent	$723	—
Housing units	495	379
Homeownership rate	42.4%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	24.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dilkon	Second Mesa
Population	1,188 → 1,267 (+6.6%)	1,823 → 1,206 (-33.8%)
Median household income	$38,472 → $38,452 (-0.1%)	$36,563 → $42,778 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $77,500 (-11.6%)	$86,300 → $77,200 (-10.5%)
Median gross rent	$395 → $723 (+83.0%)	$454 → $346 (-23.8%)

Dilkon

Population

1,1881,267

Median household income

$38,472$38,452

Median home value

$87,700$77,500

Median gross rent

$395$723

Second Mesa

Population

1,8231,206

Median household income

$36,563$42,778

Median home value

$86,300$77,200

Median gross rent

$454$346

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dilkon	Second Mesa
Under 5	6.6%	8.2%
5 to 17	23.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	11.2%	11.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	18.1%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	5.3%
55 to 64	8.9%	9.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	15.9%
75 and over	3.8%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dilkon	Second Mesa
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	94.1%	100.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dilkon	Second Mesa
No high school diploma	21.2%	14.1%
High school graduate	29.9%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dilkon	Second Mesa
Drove alone	62.8%	60.5%
Carpooled	20.4%	0.0%
Public transit	6.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	33.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dilkon	Second Mesa
1-unit, detached	85.3%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	24.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Dilkon	Second Mesa
Poverty rate	38.9%	44.3%
Average household size	2.84	3.92
Mean commute (minutes)	42	—
Median year structure built	1983	1980