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Mesquite, TX

140,795 Population
47.3 square miles 2,979.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,508 ±$1,635 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $36,274 ±$389
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $32,267 ±$223
$61,047 ±$2,393 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $72,265 ±$610
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $64,034 ±$500

7.1% ±2.1% (9,995  ±2,929) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.5% 782,288 (±0.4% / ±31,373)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 13.6% 3,865,010 (±0.3% / ±70,183)

31.9 minutes ±0.8 (2,095,150  ±67,623) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2018 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28.3 95,392,380 (±0.1 / ±416,048)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.4 322,657,055 (±0.1 / ±882,432)

Families

49,549 ±2,478 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,635,017 ±10,740
  • Texas: 9,985,126 ±25,440
2.8 ±0.1 (140,179  ±482) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,489,445 (±0 / ±6,565)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,395,188 (±0)

3.3% ±1.7% (1,133  ±589) 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% 103,531 (±0.3% / ±6,223)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.5% 390,925 (±0.2% / ±12,308)

Housing

54,256 ±2,990 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,878,819 ±2,314
  • Texas: 11,283,892 ±954

$172,600 ±$7,329 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $253,900 ±$2,512
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $200,400 ±$1,201

11.8% ±3.2% (16,522  ±4,439.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 14.7% 1,096,909 (±0.5% / ±35,160.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 15% 4,294,700 (±0.2% / ±64,565.9)

Social

81.9% ±4.2% (76,146  ±5,319.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 86.6% 4,270,431 (±0.7% / ±35,528.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 84.7% 15,890,162 (±0.4% / ±75,187)
15.4% ±2.1% (14,294  ±2,041.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 36.3% 1,788,138 (±0.4% / ±21,938)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 30.8% 5,776,533 (±0.2% / ±42,322.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

22.1% ±3.1% (31,058  ±4,376) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 19.2% 1,454,626 (±0.4% / ±26,848)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,951,156 (±0.2% / ±53,285)

5.9% ±1.5% (6,343  ±1,620) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.8% 325,634 (±0.2% / ±9,412)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,405,059 (±0.1% / ±15,978)
6,343 Total veterans ±1,620 5,636 Male ±1,394 707 Female ±446

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