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Housing in Mesa

A typical Mesa home is worth roughly $621,000

Home prices around Mesa have risen about 54% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$621K
▲ 8.2% in a year · CA $764K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,650
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$4,107
CA $5,124

What kind of housing town is Mesa?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 54% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Mesa rose 54% over the past 5 years, faster than across California (40%). Last year prices rose 8.2%.

Mesa areaCalifornia
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%+250%200020052010201520202025
+8.2%
past year
+54%
past 5 years
+89%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Mesa, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

The homes

95% of Mesa households own their home

Half of Mesa’s homes were built before 1982.

Owners and renters
Own 95%Rent 6%

California: 56% own.

1982
typical home built · CA 1976
$4,107
median property tax bill · CA $5,124
3%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Mesa

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$397,000
Typical Mesa home $621K

That’s $224K short of a typical Mesa home.

The typical home, each month
$3,620
Loan $3,070Tax $360Insurance $180

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,650 a month here, $1,970 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the California typical property tax (0.70% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,650

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,160
1 bedroom$1,510
2 bedrooms$1,650
3 bedrooms$2,140
4 bedrooms$2,770
6%
of households rent · CA 44%
5
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Inyo County, CA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Mesa vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Mesa. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Mesa$621K*+8.2%†$1,650$123,333
Round Valley$695K*+8.2%†$1,650$54,375

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

On the market in Mesa

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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