Pinon vs Second Mesa

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

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

Second Mesa has the higher population (1,206 vs 1,183 in Pinon). Pinon has the higher median household income ($42,847 vs $42,778 in Second Mesa). Pinon has the higher median home value ($105,900 vs $77,200 in Second Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Pinon	Second Mesa
Population	1,183	1,206
Median age	29.7 yrs	26.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,847	$42,778
Median home value	$105,900	$77,200
Median gross rent	$579	—
Housing units	456	379
Homeownership rate	44.5%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	26.9%	24.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinon	Second Mesa
Population	889 → 1,183 (+33.1%)	1,823 → 1,206 (-33.8%)
Median household income	$48,167 → $42,847 (-11.0%)	$36,563 → $42,778 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $105,900 (+17.7%)	$86,300 → $77,200 (-10.5%)
Median gross rent	$459 → $579 (+26.1%)	$454 → $346 (-23.8%)

Pinon

Population

8891,183

Median household income

$48,167$42,847

Median home value

$90,000$105,900

Median gross rent

$459$579

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)

	Pinon	Second Mesa
Under 5	7.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	20.3%	20.5%
18 to 24	13.8%	11.5%
25 to 34	15.6%	18.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	5.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	5.3%	15.9%
75 and over	1.9%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinon	Second Mesa
White (non-Hispanic)	2.7%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	94.4%	100.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinon	Second Mesa
No high school diploma	21.6%	14.1%
High school graduate	26.3%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinon	Second Mesa
Drove alone	85.4%	60.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	33.9%
Other means	6.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinon	Second Mesa
1-unit, detached	79.6%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	24.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Pinon	Second Mesa
Poverty rate	42.2%	44.3%
Average household size	2.88	3.92
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1988	1980