Lone Pine vs Mesa

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

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

Lone Pine has the higher population (1,373 vs 358 in Mesa). Mesa has the higher median household income ($135,667 vs $49,063 in Lone Pine). Mesa has the higher median home value ($561,500 vs $192,800 in Lone Pine).

Population, income & housing

	Lone Pine	Mesa
Population	1,373	358
Median age	48.2 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,063	$135,667
Median home value	$192,800	$561,500
Median gross rent	$784	—
Housing units	831	149
Homeownership rate	58.6%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lone Pine	Mesa
Population	1,807 → 1,373 (-24.0%)	348 → 358 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$46,146 → $49,063 (+6.3%)	$79,750 → $135,667 (+70.1%)
Median home value	$183,300 → $192,800 (+5.2%)	$414,000 → $561,500 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $784 (-19.4%)	—

Lone Pine

Population

1,8071,373

Median household income

$46,146$49,063

Median home value

$183,300$192,800

Median gross rent

$973$784

Mesa

Population

348358

Median household income

$79,750$135,667

Median home value

$414,000$561,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lone Pine	Mesa
Under 5	5.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	5.3%	1.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	15.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	5.3%
45 to 54	15.1%	15.4%
55 to 64	17.3%	19.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	16.2%
75 and over	14.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lone Pine	Mesa
White (non-Hispanic)	48.4%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.4%	0.8%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lone Pine	Mesa
No high school diploma	5.9%	1.8%
High school graduate	45.1%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lone Pine	Mesa
Drove alone	62.7%	70.4%
Carpooled	31.3%	4.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	25.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lone Pine	Mesa
1-unit, detached	64.9%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.7%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Lone Pine	Mesa
Poverty rate	15.0%	8.4%
Average household size	2.00	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	15	33
Median year structure built	1970	1984