Basin City vs Mesa

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

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

Basin City has the higher population (1,527 vs 631 in Mesa). Basin City has the higher median household income ($72,024 vs $71,875 in Mesa). Since 2019, Basin City's population has grown faster (+26.3% vs +16.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Basin City	Mesa
Population	1,527	631
Median age	22.5 yrs	16.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,024	$71,875
Median home value	—	$183,300
Median gross rent	$1,235	$959
Housing units	314	116
Homeownership rate	66.9%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	16.2%	22.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basin City	Mesa
Population	1,209 → 1,527 (+26.3%)	543 → 631 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$55,160 → $72,024 (+30.6%)	$50,000 → $71,875 (+43.8%)
Median home value	—	$96,400 → $183,300 (+90.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$725 → $959 (+32.3%)

Basin City

Population

1,2091,527

Median household income

$55,160$72,024

Mesa

Population

543631

Median household income

$50,000$71,875

Median home value

$96,400$183,300

Median gross rent

$725$959

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basin City	Mesa
Under 5	23.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	43.3%
18 to 24	17.2%	14.6%
25 to 34	18.5%	7.6%
35 to 44	7.9%	16.6%
45 to 54	7.1%	1.9%
55 to 64	2.0%	4.0%
65 to 74	4.4%	2.2%
75 and over	2.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basin City	Mesa
White (non-Hispanic)	7.1%	11.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	92.9%	84.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basin City	Mesa
No high school diploma	55.2%	40.3%
High school graduate	10.9%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basin City	Mesa
Drove alone	39.8%	70.2%
Carpooled	47.4%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basin City	Mesa
1-unit, detached	41.4%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	48.1%	31.0%

Poverty & households

	Basin City	Mesa
Poverty rate	11.5%	47.1%
Average household size	4.86	5.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1981	1979