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DeSoto, TX

55,882 Population
21.6 square miles 2,582.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.3 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,664 ±$1,945 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $42,353 ±$234
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $37,514 ±$130
$81,736 ±$5,130 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $83,398 ±$507
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $73,035 ±$227

8.2% ±1.6% (4,513  ±895) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.7% 808,279 (±0.2% / ±14,578)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 13.9% 3,990,326 (±0.1% / ±37,547)

30.4 minutes ±0.8 (723,880  ±49,907) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28 93,357,384 (±0.1 / ±431,791)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)

Families

20,378 ±767 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,759,356 ±4,489
  • Texas: 10,490,553 ±15,608
2.7 ±0.1 (55,306  ±70) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,584,669
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,634,506

3.9% ±1.4% (542  ±196) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.4% 106,051 (±0.2% / ±2,928)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 406,661 (±0.1% / ±6,428)

Housing

21,593 ±804 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,963,281 ±365
  • Texas: 11,654,971 ±1,030

$257,800 ±$8,948 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $299,000 ±$1,205
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $238,000 ±$621

10% ±2% (5,501  ±1,077.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 14.4% 1,093,378 (±0.2% / ±16,132.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,235,358 (±0.1% / ±32,193.8)

Social

92.1% ±4.8% (35,393  ±2,136.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 87% 4,350,056 (±0.4% / ±17,689)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 85.2% 16,118,614 (±0.2% / ±40,407)
29.9% ±2.9% (11,468  ±1,171.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 37.7% 1,881,733 (±0.2% / ±10,790.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 32.3% 6,101,787 (±0.1% / ±24,416.5)

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

7.2% ±1.4% (4,007  ±800) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 18.8% 1,438,848
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,987,855

6.6% ±1.2% (2,850  ±532) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.8% 329,200 (±0.1% / ±5,016)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,416,973 (±0.1% / ±11,246)
2,850 Total veterans ±532 2,663 Male ±505 187 Female ±95

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