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DeSoto, TX

55,896 Population
21.6 square miles 2,583.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.5 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$39,972 ±$2,592 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $44,447 ±$239
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$83,256 ±$6,543 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $87,155 ±$524
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

7.4% ±2% (4,059  ±1,107) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.6% 813,280 (±0.2% / ±15,012)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

30.8 minutes ±0.2 (734,890  ±48,038) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28 92,664,670 (±0.1 / ±504,659)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

20,975 ±718 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,825,878 ±4,240
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.6 ±0.1 (55,345  ±42) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.7 7,717,080
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

4% ±1.8% (564  ±255) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 108,624 (±0.2% / ±3,136)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

22,021 ±731 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 3,030,663 ±579
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$282,600 ±$9,726 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $330,300 ±$1,213
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

10.1% ±2.3% (5,579  ±1,244.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 14% 1,081,801 (±0.2% / ±16,614.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

90.9% ±4.6% (35,878  ±2,023.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 87.3% 4,466,150 (±0.4% / ±18,768.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
29.9% ±2.7% (11,788  ±1,099.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 38.5% 1,968,490 (±0.2% / ±12,332.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

8.5% ±1.2% (4,774  ±686) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 19% 1,484,398
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

7.1% ±1.3% (3,117  ±559) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.6% 324,151 (±0.1% / ±4,900)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
3,117 Total veterans ±559 2,821 Male ±529 296 Female ±132

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