First Mesa vs Second Mesa

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

First Mesa and Second Mesa 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 1,206 in Second Mesa). First Mesa has the higher median household income ($53,173 vs $42,778 in Second Mesa). Second Mesa has the higher median home value ($77,200 vs $57,100 in First Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	First Mesa	Second Mesa
Population	1,381	1,206
Median age	36.3 yrs	26.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,173	$42,778
Median home value	$57,100	$77,200
Median gross rent	$731	—
Housing units	606	379
Homeownership rate	73.1%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	24.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	First Mesa	Second Mesa
Population	1,937 → 1,381 (-28.7%)	1,823 → 1,206 (-33.8%)
Median household income	$32,135 → $53,173 (+65.5%)	$36,563 → $42,778 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$64,600 → $57,100 (-11.6%)	$86,300 → $77,200 (-10.5%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $731 (+15.8%)	$454 → $346 (-23.8%)

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

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)

	First Mesa	Second Mesa
Under 5	5.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	27.6%	20.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	11.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	18.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	5.3%
55 to 64	8.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	15.9%
75 and over	9.6%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	First Mesa	Second Mesa
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	92.5%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	First Mesa	Second Mesa
No high school diploma	10.1%	14.1%
High school graduate	47.6%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	First Mesa	Second Mesa
Drove alone	53.4%	60.5%
Carpooled	14.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	33.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	First Mesa	Second Mesa
1-unit, detached	80.4%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	24.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	First Mesa	Second Mesa
Poverty rate	19.4%	44.3%
Average household size	3.17	3.92
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1986	1980