Big Pine vs Mesa

A side-by-side comparison of Big Pine and Mesa: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Pine and Mesa are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Big Pine has the higher population (1,464 vs 358 in Mesa). Mesa has the higher median household income ($135,667 vs $52,647 in Big Pine). Mesa has the higher median home value ($561,500 vs $281,300 in Big Pine).

Population, income & housing

	Big Pine	Mesa
Population	1,464	358
Median age	49.4 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,647	$135,667
Median home value	$281,300	$561,500
Median gross rent	$1,000	—
Housing units	817	149
Homeownership rate	76.4%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Pine	Mesa
Population	1,524 → 1,464 (-3.9%)	348 → 358 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$53,891 → $52,647 (-2.3%)	$79,750 → $135,667 (+70.1%)
Median home value	$232,200 → $281,300 (+21.1%)	$414,000 → $561,500 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,000 (+14.5%)	—

Big Pine

Population

1,5241,464

Median household income

$53,891$52,647

Median home value

$232,200$281,300

Median gross rent

$873$1,000

Mesa

Population

348358

Median household income

$79,750$135,667

Median home value

$414,000$561,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Pine	Mesa
Under 5	6.5%	2.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	1.4%
25 to 34	6.6%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	5.3%
45 to 54	14.8%	15.4%
55 to 64	16.7%	19.0%
65 to 74	14.8%	16.2%
75 and over	8.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Pine	Mesa
White (non-Hispanic)	57.5%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.6%	0.8%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Pine	Mesa
No high school diploma	8.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	30.9%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Pine	Mesa
Drove alone	70.4%	70.4%
Carpooled	12.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	25.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Pine	Mesa
1-unit, detached	64.5%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.6%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Big Pine	Mesa
Poverty rate	11.4%	8.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1975	1984