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Mesquite, NV

21,314 Population
31.8 square miles 671 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Nevada: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,129 ±$2,489 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: $38,654 ±$399
  • a little higher than the amount in Nevada: $39,963 ±$352
$74,439 ±$4,888 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: $73,845 ±$670
  • about the same as the amount in Nevada: $75,561 ±$714

10.5% ±2.4% (2,237  ±503) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 13.2% 299,896 (±0.4% / ±8,077)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nevada: 12.6% 390,414 (±0.3% / ±9,336)

18.7 minutes ±4.4 (116,175  ±28,978) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 25.2 23,765,040 (±0.2 / ±224,556)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Nevada: 24.8 32,277,550 (±0.2 / ±263,105)

Families

9,505 ±339 Number of households
  • the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 847,378 ±2,361
  • Nevada: 1,183,393 ±3,022
2.2 ±0.1 (21,232  ±54) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 2.7 2,273,986 (±0 / ±289)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nevada: 2.6 3,105,138

4.7% ±2.9% (123  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 5% 27,386 (±0.3% / ±1,447)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nevada: 5.1% 37,286 (±0.2% / ±1,787)

Housing

11,905 ±388 Number of housing units
  • the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 935,960 ±346
  • Nevada: 1,307,338 ±360

$374,400 ±$16,659 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: $400,800 ±$2,487
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nevada: $406,100 ±$2,207

15% ±2.9% (3,171  ±610.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 15.2% 345,422 (±0.4% / ±9,253.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Nevada: 15% 466,794 (±0.3% / ±9,597.4)

Social

90.3% ±5% (16,064  ±964.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 86.8% 1,382,552
  • a little higher than the rate in Nevada: 87.4% 1,918,692 (±0.5% / ±11,313.2)
23.9% ±2.3% (4,244  ±426.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 27.3% 434,902
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nevada: 27.4% 601,393 (±0.3% / ±6,223.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.1% ±2.4% (2,799  ±504) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 21.7% 497,940
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nevada: 19% 595,347

14.3% ±1.7% (2,646  ±325) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 7.9% 139,623 (±0.2% / ±2,629)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nevada: 8.3% 201,790 (±0.1% / ±3,025)
2,646 Total veterans ±325 2,508 Male ±327 138 Female ±64

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