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DeSoto Independent School District, TX

62,160 Population
22.5 square miles 2,767.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dallas County: 34 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$38,003 ±$2,516 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dallas County: $41,272 ±$390
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$85,238 ±$5,435 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dallas County: $74,149 ±$771
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

8.3% ±2.2% (5,112  ±1,329) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dallas County: 14% 359,950 (±0.4% / ±10,475)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

31.5 minutes ±0.9 (839,510  ±57,702) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dallas County: 27.2 30,355,940 (±0.1 / ±257,901)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

22,273 ±794 Number of households
  • Dallas County: 971,690 ±2,328
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.8 ±0.1 (61,911  ±822) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Dallas County: 2.7 2,572,830 (±0 / ±788)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

4.5% ±1.8% (739  ±304) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dallas County: 5.8% 39,050 (±0.3% / ±1,856)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

23,212 ±822 Number of housing units
  • Dallas County: 1,053,471 ±344
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$271,100 ±$10,043 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Dallas County: $277,900 ±$2,213
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

10.5% ±2.3% (6,437  ±1,397.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dallas County: 14% 359,367 (±0.3% / ±8,595.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

89.9% ±4.2% (38,125  ±2,137.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dallas County: 81.7% 1,383,140 (±0.6% / ±10,619.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
29.1% ±2.6% (12,334  ±1,154.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dallas County: 34.9% 590,082 (±0.4% / ±6,559.2)
  • 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

8.9% ±1.2% (5,508  ±767) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Dallas County: 24.6% 640,721
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

7.2% ±1.2% (3,465  ±586) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dallas County: 4.3% 83,243 (±0.1% / ±2,689)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
3,465 Total veterans ±586 3,071 Male ±546 394 Female ±152

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