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Census Tract 179, Dallas, TX

5,290 Population
1.3 square miles 4,001.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.2 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mesquite: 32.9 ±0.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Dallas County: 34.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$18,703 ±$3,151 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mesquite: $29,877 ±$1,071
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Dallas County: $42,559 ±$447
  • about half the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$55,475 ±$8,908 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mesquite: $72,537 ±$2,899
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Dallas County: $76,547 ±$806
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

8.7% ±4.2% (459  ±236) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mesquite: 13.4% † 19,814 (±1.7% / ±2,477)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dallas County: 13.9% 360,341 (±0.4% / ±11,118)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

27.2 minutes ±7 (48,945  ±8,656) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mesquite: 32.1 2,080,775 (±0.6 / ±82,814)
  • about the same as the figure in Dallas County: 26.8 29,557,716 (±0.2 / ±334,232)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

1,442 ±189 Number of households
  • Mesquite: 50,171 ±1,157
  • Dallas County: 982,737 ±2,364
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
3.6 ±0.5 (5,256  ±988) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mesquite: 3 148,668 (±0.1 / ±337)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Dallas County: 2.6 2,589,070 (±0 / ±895)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

9.2% ±8.6% (108  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Mesquite: 4.5% † 1,731 (±1% / ±398)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dallas County: 5.5% 37,204 (±0.3% / ±2,127)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

1,578 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Mesquite: 53,953 ±1,152
  • Dallas County: 1,064,965 ±429
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$223,500 ±$17,580 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mesquite: $245,700 ±$4,016
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Dallas County: $303,000 ±$2,811
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

18.5% ±12.6% (959  ±681.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mesquite: 12.9% † 19,060 (±1.7% / ±2,554.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Dallas County: 13.8% 358,084 (±0.4% / ±9,486.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

60.3% ±9.5% (1,757  ±348.1) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mesquite: 81% 75,423 (±2.4% / ±2,641.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dallas County: 81.9% 1,400,245 (±0.6% / ±10,430.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
4.1% ±2.9% (120  ±85.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mesquite: 19.6% 18,263 (±1.4% / ±1,354.5)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Dallas County: 35.7% 610,863 (±0.4% / ±6,443.5)
  • about 10 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

30.5% ±4.4% (1,614  ±381) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mesquite: 20.9% 31,224 (±1.5% / ±2,269)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dallas County: 24.8% 650,070
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

4% ±3.5% (133  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Mesquite: 4.2% † 4,551 (±0.5% / ±577)
  • a little less than the rate in Dallas County: 4.2% 81,776 (±0.1% / ±2,510)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
133 Total veterans ±119 104 Male ±85 29 Female ±38

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