Mesa vs Wilkerson

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

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

Wilkerson has the higher population (598 vs 358 in Mesa). Mesa has the higher median household income ($135,667 vs $92,212 in Wilkerson). Mesa has the higher median home value ($561,500 vs $319,600 in Wilkerson).

Population, income & housing

	Mesa	Wilkerson
Population	358	598
Median age	52.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$135,667	$92,212
Median home value	$561,500	$319,600
Housing units	149	187
Homeownership rate	95.8%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	43.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesa	Wilkerson
Population	348 → 358 (+2.9%)	519 → 598 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$79,750 → $135,667 (+70.1%)	$77,778 → $92,212 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$414,000 → $561,500 (+35.6%)	$300,000 → $319,600 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,146 → $1,348 (+17.6%)

Mesa

Population

348358

Median household income

$79,750$135,667

Median home value

$414,000$561,500

Wilkerson

Population

519598

Median household income

$77,778$92,212

Median home value

$300,000$319,600

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,348

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesa	Wilkerson
Under 5	2.2%	9.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	9.0%
18 to 24	1.4%	13.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	8.0%
35 to 44	5.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	15.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	19.0%	5.4%
65 to 74	16.2%	25.3%
75 and over	7.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesa	Wilkerson
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	70.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	26.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesa	Wilkerson
No high school diploma	1.8%	14.2%
High school graduate	17.5%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	37.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesa	Wilkerson
Drove alone	70.4%	87.2%
Carpooled	4.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.3%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesa	Wilkerson
1-unit, detached	86.6%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.7%
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%	29.9%

Poverty & households

	Mesa	Wilkerson
Poverty rate	8.4%	12.5%
Average household size	2.49	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	33	17
Median year structure built	1984	1975