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Outdoors in Mesa
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1908
Birdeye, Spanglers Ranch, 1908
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About Mesa
City in Arizona, United StatesMesa ( MAY-sə) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The population was 504,258 at the 2020 census. It is the third-most populous city in Arizona, after Phoenix and Tucson, the 38th-most populous city in the U.S., and the most populous city that is not a county seat (except for independent cities Washington, D.C. and Baltimore which are not part of any county). It is the most populous city in the East Valley of the Phoenix metropolitan area. It borders Tempe on the west, the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community on the north, Chandler and Gilbert on the south along with Queen Creek, and Apache Junction on the east. At least ten colleges and universities were located in M…
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How Mesa ranks
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Housing in Mesa
The typical Mesa home is worth about $430,000, down 0.9% in a year, close to the Arizona typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Mesa
Safety Grade C
Mesa reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 75% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 60%.
Health in Mesa
Compared with Arizona
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 31 are too close to call.
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Schools in Mesa
All Mesa schools →School Grade B
The public schools Mesa’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 62% of Arizona’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within AZ. Ratings are from neighbors.
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