Black Wealth Intelligence

Mesa, ARIZONA

ZIP 85201 · ZIP Community Profile

Maricopa County · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metropolitan area

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Capacity — higher is better

30.37

Qualification
Qualified
National rank
#6,201
State rank (own state)
#112
Available certified weight
100.00%
Available measures
11 of 11
Available pillars
4 of 4

Friction — higher is worse

57.01

Qualification
Qualified
National rank
#3,455
State rank (own state)
#59
Available certified weight
100.00%
Available measures
6 of 6

Understand this ZIP’s results

What contributes to Capacity?

The largest published contributions to wealth-building Capacity are:

  1. Black HMDA Mortgage Origination Access — 10.55 score points; component percentile 52.74.
  2. Black Employment Opportunity Environment — 5.78 score points; component percentile 92.54.
  3. Black Housing Affordability Capacity — 3.34 score points; component percentile 22.27.

11 of 11 measures are available. Missing values are not zero.

What contributes to Friction?

The largest published contributions to measured wealth-building barriers are:

  1. Black Housing Cost Burden Pressure — 14.29 score points; component percentile 85.73.
  2. Black Civilian Unemployment Pressure — 11.56 score points; component percentile 69.38.
  3. Black Poverty Pressure — 9.16 score points; component percentile 54.95.

6 of 6 measures are available. Missing values are not zero.

Contributions explain the released calculation; they do not establish what caused an outcome or estimate anyone’s net worth. General environment and institution-location measures remain labeled separately from direct Black household measures.

Explore the communities behind this ZIP

Primary locality
Mesa
City label in place source
Mesa
County
Maricopa County
Metro area
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
State
ARIZONA
Source neighborhood label
Mesa Grande
Associated neighborhoods
C.A.N.D.O., Casa Mesa II, Colony by the Green, Devonshire Estates, Duke Manor, Eaton Club Estates, Emerson Manor, Escalante, Escobedo Historic District, Fairway Estates, Fairway Gardens Townhouses, Garden Hills, Glenwood Wilbur Historic District, Hillcrest Terrace, Hohokam Highlands, Lehi, Loma Verde, Los Racimos, Mesa Grande, Mesa Madrid, Mesa Valley View, Mesa Vista II, Mesafield, North Center Street, Northridge Manor, Park Center Place, Park of the Canals, Passey Place, Pepper Place, Village Park Four, West Enders
Place evidence
MATCHED_TO_PLACE_CONTRACT

Neighborhood labels describe source relationships, not the identity of the entire ZIP. ZIP community boundaries do not necessarily match municipal boundaries.

Underlying published measures

Values retain their original source units. The component views do not provide a unit dictionary; values are not all percentages or dollars. Percentiles and score contributions are separate fields.

Measure and source scopePublished valueComponent percentileContribution to index
Black $100K+ Household Income CapacityCapacity · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS5_2024_B19001B
Certified weight: 3.12%
21.1847.611.49 points
Black Civilian Employment CapacityCapacity · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS5_2024_C23002B
Certified weight: 3.12%
90.0130.620.96 points
Black Employment Opportunity EnvironmentCapacity · GENERAL EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT
Source scope: NATIONAL_CENSUS_LODES_PRIMARY_JOBS
Certified weight: 6.25%
89.8092.545.78 points
Black Federal Contractor PresenceCapacity · DIRECT BLACK PARTICIPATION
Source scope: NATIONAL_BLACK_FEDERAL_CONTRACTOR_SUBSET
Certified weight: 20.00%
0.000.010.00 points
Black Higher Education Degree Production CapacityCapacity · INSTITUTION LOCATION CAPACITY
Source scope: NATIONAL_HIGHER_EDUCATION_INSTITUTION_LOCATION
Certified weight: 3.12%
72.9965.642.05 points
Black Higher Education Enrollment CapacityCapacity · INSTITUTION LOCATION CAPACITY
Source scope: NATIONAL_HIGHER_EDUCATION_INSTITUTION_LOCATION
Certified weight: 3.12%
103.0147.351.48 points
Black HMDA Mortgage Origination AccessCapacity · DIRECT BLACK CREDIT MARKET
Source scope: NATIONAL_HMDA_BLACK_TRACT_TO_ZIP_WEIGHTED
Certified weight: 20.00%
47.0352.7410.55 points
Black Homeownership Asset CapacityCapacity · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS5_2024_B25003B
Certified weight: 20.00%
8.146.561.31 points
Black Householder IncomeCapacity · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS5_CONDITIONAL_AVAILABILITY
Certified weight: 3.12%
44,538.0032.741.02 points
Black Housing Affordability CapacityCapacity · HOUSING ENVIRONMENT
Source scope: PARTIAL_NATIONAL_ENHANCED_HOUSING_ZIP_SOURCE
Certified weight: 15.00%
7.4122.273.34 points
Black Labor Force Participation CapacityCapacity · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS5_2024_C23002B
Certified weight: 3.12%
74.1476.182.38 points
Black Civilian Unemployment PressureFriction · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS5_2024_C23002B
Certified weight: 16.67%
9.9969.3811.56 points
Black Disability PressureFriction · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS_B18101B_BLACK_DISABILITY
Certified weight: 16.67%
87.0453.648.94 points
Black HMDA Denial PressureFriction · DIRECT BLACK CREDIT MARKET
Source scope: NATIONAL_HMDA_BLACK_TRACT_TO_ZIP_WEIGHTED
Certified weight: 16.67%
23.8933.785.63 points
Black Housing Cost Burden PressureFriction · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS5_2024_B25140B
Certified weight: 16.67%
58.3785.7314.29 points
Black Poverty PressureFriction · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS_BLACK_POVERTY_ZIP
Certified weight: 16.67%
19.7054.959.16 points
Black Workforce Export PressureFriction · GENERAL EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT
Source scope: NATIONAL_CENSUS_LODES_PRIMARY_JOBS
Certified weight: 16.67%
56.1444.587.43 points

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Data package V1.0.29; certified separate-index release V1.0.28. Underlying component views V1.0.26 are checked against every published index score, qualification, count, and available weight during this build. Place labels preserve existing context. This is economic intelligence, not a net worth estimate. Capacity and Friction remain separate; no combined scalar is published.