First Mesa vs North Fork

A side-by-side comparison of First Mesa and North Fork: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Fork has the higher population (1,454 vs 1,381 in First Mesa). North Fork has the higher median household income ($89,700 vs $53,173 in First Mesa). North Fork has the higher median home value ($88,100 vs $57,100 in First Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	First Mesa	North Fork
Population	1,381	1,454
Median age	36.3 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,173	$89,700
Median home value	$57,100	$88,100
Median gross rent	$731	$768
Housing units	606	539
Homeownership rate	73.1%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	First Mesa	North Fork
Population	1,937 → 1,381 (-28.7%)	1,676 → 1,454 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$32,135 → $53,173 (+65.5%)	$50,793 → $89,700 (+76.6%)
Median home value	$64,600 → $57,100 (-11.6%)	$53,900 → $88,100 (+63.5%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $731 (+15.8%)	$582 → $768 (+32.0%)

First Mesa

Population

1,9371,381

Median household income

$32,135$53,173

Median home value

$64,600$57,100

Median gross rent

$631$731

North Fork

Population

1,6761,454

Median household income

$50,793$89,700

Median home value

$53,900$88,100

Median gross rent

$582$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	First Mesa	North Fork
Under 5	5.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	27.6%	19.9%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	16.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.8%
55 to 64	8.1%	21.7%
65 to 74	12.7%	5.4%
75 and over	9.6%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	First Mesa	North Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	3.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	92.5%	96.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	First Mesa	North Fork
No high school diploma	10.1%	13.0%
High school graduate	47.6%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	First Mesa	North Fork
Drove alone	53.4%	67.9%
Carpooled	14.8%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	First Mesa	North Fork
1-unit, detached	80.4%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	First Mesa	North Fork
Poverty rate	19.4%	14.5%
Average household size	3.17	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1986	1989