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Mesquite, NV

22,059 Population
31.8 square miles 694.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Nevada: 39.1 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,380 ±$2,419 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: $39,897 ±$367
  • about the same as the amount in Nevada: $41,354 ±$333
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,227 ±$5,066 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: $76,472 ±$643
  • a little less than the amount in Nevada: $78,260 ±$596
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.6% ±2.4% (2,328  ±525) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 13% 300,884 (±0.3% / ±7,011)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nevada: 12.4% 390,669 (±0.3% / ±7,932)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.9 minutes ±3.8 (113,465  ±25,464) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 25.1 23,799,230 (±0.2 / ±231,541)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Nevada: 24.8 32,319,316 (±0.2 / ±281,879)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,016 ±321 Number of households
  • the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 862,518 ±2,566
  • Nevada: 1,202,593 ±3,427
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (21,981  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 2.7 2,310,047 (±0 / ±286)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nevada: 2.6 3,148,260
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±2.8% (105  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 4.9% 27,399 (±0.2% / ±1,327)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nevada: 5% 37,205 (±0.2% / ±1,475)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,438 ±399 Number of housing units
  • the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 948,995 ±320
  • Nevada: 1,326,471 ±610
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$388,600 ±$13,242 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: $431,000 ±$1,706
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nevada: $435,400 ±$1,611
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±2.4% (2,618  ±523.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 14.4% 330,859 (±0.4% / ±7,995.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nevada: 14.2% 448,121 (±0.3% / ±8,983.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±4.5% (16,760  ±921.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 86.9% 1,412,110
  • a little higher than the rate in Nevada: 87.5% 1,957,058 (±0.5% / ±11,272.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.7% ±2.2% (4,406  ±430.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 27.8% 452,023
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nevada: 27.9% 623,877 (±0.3% / ±6,338.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

13.5% ±2.2% (2,986  ±476) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 21.9% 509,336
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nevada: 19.1% 609,066
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.1% ±1.6% (2,512  ±314) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area: 7.5% 135,565 (±0.2% / ±3,068)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nevada: 7.9% 196,013 (±0.2% / ±3,615)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,512 Total veterans ±314 2,407 Male ±310 105 Female ±59

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