First Mesa vs Wagon Wheel

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

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

Wagon Wheel has the higher population (1,767 vs 1,381 in First Mesa). Wagon Wheel has the higher median household income ($55,506 vs $53,173 in First Mesa). Wagon Wheel has the higher median home value ($258,800 vs $57,100 in First Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	First Mesa	Wagon Wheel
Population	1,381	1,767
Median age	36.3 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,173	$55,506
Median home value	$57,100	$258,800
Median gross rent	$731	$1,069
Housing units	606	1,150
Homeownership rate	73.1%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	First Mesa	Wagon Wheel
Population	1,937 → 1,381 (-28.7%)	1,461 → 1,767 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$32,135 → $53,173 (+65.5%)	$48,099 → $55,506 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$64,600 → $57,100 (-11.6%)	$166,500 → $258,800 (+55.4%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $731 (+15.8%)	$794 → $1,069 (+34.6%)

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

Wagon Wheel

Population

1,4611,767

Median household income

$48,099$55,506

Median home value

$166,500$258,800

Median gross rent

$794$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	First Mesa	Wagon Wheel
Under 5	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	27.6%	10.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	2.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	4.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	21.0%
55 to 64	8.1%	20.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	22.2%
75 and over	9.6%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	First Mesa	Wagon Wheel
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	92.5%	5.4%
Asian	0.0%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	First Mesa	Wagon Wheel
No high school diploma	10.1%	8.0%
High school graduate	47.6%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	First Mesa	Wagon Wheel
Drove alone	53.4%	78.4%
Carpooled	14.8%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	First Mesa	Wagon Wheel
1-unit, detached	80.4%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	45.7%

Poverty & households

	First Mesa	Wagon Wheel
Poverty rate	19.4%	8.5%
Average household size	3.17	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1986	1986