First Mesa vs Pinon

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

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

First Mesa has the higher population (1,381 vs 1,183 in Pinon). First Mesa has the higher median household income ($53,173 vs $42,847 in Pinon). Pinon has the higher median home value ($105,900 vs $57,100 in First Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	First Mesa	Pinon
Population	1,381	1,183
Median age	36.3 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,173	$42,847
Median home value	$57,100	$105,900
Median gross rent	$731	$579
Housing units	606	456
Homeownership rate	73.1%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	26.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	First Mesa	Pinon
Population	1,937 → 1,381 (-28.7%)	889 → 1,183 (+33.1%)
Median household income	$32,135 → $53,173 (+65.5%)	$48,167 → $42,847 (-11.0%)
Median home value	$64,600 → $57,100 (-11.6%)	$90,000 → $105,900 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $731 (+15.8%)	$459 → $579 (+26.1%)

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

Pinon

Population

8891,183

Median household income

$48,167$42,847

Median home value

$90,000$105,900

Median gross rent

$459$579

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	First Mesa	Pinon
Under 5	5.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	27.6%	20.3%
18 to 24	4.3%	13.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	8.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	5.3%
75 and over	9.6%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	First Mesa	Pinon
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	2.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	92.5%	94.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	First Mesa	Pinon
No high school diploma	10.1%	21.6%
High school graduate	47.6%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	First Mesa	Pinon
Drove alone	53.4%	85.4%
Carpooled	14.8%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	12.6%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	First Mesa	Pinon
1-unit, detached	80.4%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	First Mesa	Pinon
Poverty rate	19.4%	42.2%
Average household size	3.17	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1986	1988