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Mesquite, NV

20,659 Population
31.8 square miles 650.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.3 ±2.2 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Nevada: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$37,788 ±$2,200 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area: $36,615 ±$324
  • about the same as the amount in Nevada: $37,945 ±$252
$69,146 ±$4,396 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area: $69,911 ±$566
  • a little less than the amount in Nevada: $71,646 ±$495

9.8% ±2.6% (2,022  ±525) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area: 13.4% 299,459 (±0.3% / ±6,145)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nevada: 12.7% 389,456 (±0.2% / ±7,392)

18.6 minutes ±3.3 (107,165  ±21,354) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area: 25.1 23,708,780 (±0.1 / ±178,120)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Nevada: 24.7 32,249,110 (±0.1 / ±218,985)

Families

9,048 ±295 Number of households
  • the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area: 832,367 ±2,327
  • Nevada: 1,163,671 ±3,143
2.3 ±0.1 (20,574  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area: 2.7 2,245,556 (±0 / ±279)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nevada: 2.6 3,068,374

6.6% ±3.2% (165  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area: 5% 26,982 (±0.3% / ±1,337)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nevada: 5% 36,362 (±0.2% / ±1,541)

Housing

11,551 ±429 Number of housing units
  • the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area: 923,275 ±334
  • Nevada: 1,288,357 ±278

$333,400 ±$13,451 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area: $368,800 ±$1,624
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nevada: $373,800 ±$1,390

14.9% ±2.7% (3,053  ±,543.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area: 15.7% 352,328 (±0.4% / ±8,180.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Nevada: 15.6% 477,894 (±0.3% / ±9,145.7)

Social

91.1% ±4.5% (15,350  ±,845.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area: 86.5% 1,348,993
  • a little higher than the rate in Nevada: 87.1% 1,875,972 (±0.5% / ±10,590.8)
24.4% ±2.3% (4,117  ±,401.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area: 26.4% 411,859
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nevada: 26.6% 572,003 (±0.3% / ±6,190.5)

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

12.5% ±2.1% (2,584  ±437) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area: 21.8% 494,511
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nevada: 19.1% 592,273

14.1% ±1.5% (2,502  ±278) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area: 8.1% 140,263 (±0.2% / ±2,805)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nevada: 8.5% 203,118 (±0.1% / ±3,474)
2,502 Total veterans ±278 2,348 Male ±275 154 Female ±73

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