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DeSoto Independent School District, TX

63,359 Population
22.4 square miles 2,828.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dallas County: 34.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,582 ±$1,668 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dallas County: $42,559 ±$447
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$83,272 ±$7,669 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Dallas County: $76,547 ±$806
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.3% ±2.5% (5,830  ±1,589) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dallas County: 13.9% 360,341 (±0.4% / ±11,118)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.2 minutes ±1.1 (821,300  ±53,515) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dallas County: 26.8 29,557,716 (±0.2 / ±334,232)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

22,381 ±850 Number of households
  • Dallas County: 982,737 ±2,364
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.1 (63,110  ±784) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dallas County: 2.6 2,589,070 (±0 / ±895)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±1.4% (697  ±244) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dallas County: 5.5% 37,204 (±0.3% / ±2,127)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

23,214 ±861 Number of housing units
  • Dallas County: 1,064,965 ±429
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$307,000 ±$12,646 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Dallas County: $303,000 ±$2,811
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.1% ±2.5% (6,342  ±1,560.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dallas County: 13.8% 358,084 (±0.4% / ±9,486.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.3% ±3.9% (39,007  ±2,087.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dallas County: 81.9% 1,400,245 (±0.6% / ±10,430.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29% ±2.3% (12,515  ±1,071.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dallas County: 35.7% 610,863 (±0.4% / ±6,443.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

8.4% ±1.6% (5,343  ±1,027) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Dallas County: 24.8% 650,070
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±1% (3,623  ±483) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dallas County: 4.2% 81,776 (±0.1% / ±2,510)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,623 Total veterans ±483 3,150 Male ±445 473 Female ±203

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