Mesa vs Round Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Mesa and Round Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Round Valley has the higher population (523 vs 358 in Mesa). Mesa has the higher median household income ($135,667 vs $49,844 in Round Valley). Round Valley has the higher median home value ($608,900 vs $561,500 in Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Mesa	Round Valley
Population	358	523
Median age	52.8 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$135,667	$49,844
Median home value	$561,500	$608,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,398
Housing units	149	148
Homeownership rate	95.8%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesa	Round Valley
Population	348 → 358 (+2.9%)	509 → 523 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$79,750 → $135,667 (+70.1%)	$61,042 → $49,844 (-18.3%)
Median home value	$414,000 → $561,500 (+35.6%)	$370,000 → $608,900 (+64.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,199 → $1,398 (+16.6%)

Mesa

Population

348358

Median household income

$79,750$135,667

Median home value

$414,000$561,500

Round Valley

Population

509523

Median household income

$61,042$49,844

Median home value

$370,000$608,900

Median gross rent

$1,199$1,398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesa	Round Valley
Under 5	2.2%	10.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	6.7%
18 to 24	1.4%	11.9%
25 to 34	15.4%	22.8%
35 to 44	5.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	15.4%	17.8%
55 to 64	19.0%	8.6%
65 to 74	16.2%	9.6%
75 and over	7.0%	0.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesa	Round Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	46.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	40.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesa	Round Valley
No high school diploma	1.8%	19.6%
High school graduate	17.5%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesa	Round Valley
Drove alone	70.4%	80.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.3%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesa	Round Valley
1-unit, detached	86.6%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
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	11.4%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Mesa	Round Valley
Poverty rate	8.4%	15.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1984	1949