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DeSoto, TX

56,211 Population
21.6 square miles 2,598 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$39,003 ±$1,691 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $45,949 ±$264
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$82,782 ±$7,478 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $90,275 ±$491
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

7.6% ±1.7% (4,220  ±947) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.5% 825,217 (±0.2% / ±14,724)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

30.8 minutes ±1.1 (717,365  ±46,790) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 27.9 92,503,450 (±0.1 / ±507,287)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

20,693 ±767 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,891,725 ±5,313
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.7 ±0.1 (55,665  ±109) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.7 7,891,743 (±0 / ±970)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

3.4% ±1.5% (486  ±219) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.4% 110,097 (±0.2% / ±3,289)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

21,718 ±771 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 3,096,731 ±1,158
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$319,400 ±$12,377 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $359,500 ±$1,198
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

9.9% ±2.1% (5,515  ±1,144.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 13.8% 1,085,700 (±0.2% / ±17,142.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

92.2% ±4.3% (36,755  ±1,997.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 87.6% 4,599,783 (±0.4% / ±19,177.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
30.1% ±2.4% (11,988  ±1,026) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 39.4% 2,067,948 (±0.2% / ±12,244)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)

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

7.8% ±1.4% (4,389  ±792) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 19.4% 1,550,131
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

7.1% ±1% (3,153  ±451) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 325,572 (±0.1% / ±4,454)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
3,153 Total veterans ±451 2,857 Male ±435 296 Female ±145

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