Rancho Mesa Verde vs Yuma Proving Ground

A side-by-side comparison of Rancho Mesa Verde and Yuma Proving Ground: population, income, housing, and more.

Rancho Mesa Verde and Yuma Proving Ground are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rancho Mesa Verde has the higher population (470 vs 288 in Yuma Proving Ground). Since 2019, Yuma Proving Ground's population has grown faster (+14.7% vs -17.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Rancho Mesa Verde	Yuma Proving Ground
Population	470	288
Median age	17.4 yrs	25.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$71,268
Housing units	95	146
Homeownership rate	100.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	80.7%
Unemployment rate	37.4%	24.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rancho Mesa Verde	Yuma Proving Ground
Population	571 → 470 (-17.7%)	251 → 288 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$27,073 → $28,186 (+4.1%)	$107,560 → $71,268 (-33.7%)
Median home value	$72,700 → $112,800 (+55.2%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$993 → $1,318 (+32.7%)

Rancho Mesa Verde

Population

571470

Median household income

$27,073$28,186

Median home value

$72,700$112,800

Yuma Proving Ground

Population

251288

Median household income

$107,560$71,268

Median gross rent

$993$1,318

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rancho Mesa Verde	Yuma Proving Ground
Under 5	0.0%	22.2%
5 to 17	54.7%	10.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	23.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	21.2%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rancho Mesa Verde	Yuma Proving Ground
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	77.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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	100.0%	22.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rancho Mesa Verde	Yuma Proving Ground
No high school diploma	90.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	9.3%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	42.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rancho Mesa Verde	Yuma Proving Ground
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rancho Mesa Verde	Yuma Proving Ground
1-unit, detached	0.0%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	43.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	100.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rancho Mesa Verde	Yuma Proving Ground
Poverty rate	47.9%	0.0%
Average household size	4.95	2.20
Median year structure built	1978	1952