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Mesquite Independent School District, TX

191,188 Population
54.9 square miles 3,481.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Dallas County: 34.3 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,946 ±$2,153 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Dallas County: $42,206 ±$835
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$66,610 ±$5,772 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dallas County: $74,350 ±$1,572
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

15.7% ±4.6% (29,815  ±8,716) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dallas County: 13.7% 352,823 (±0.9% / ±22,956)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

33.3 minutes ±0.6 (2,678,950  ±94,997) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Dallas County: 27.2 30,355,940 (±0.1 / ±257,901)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

63,014 ±3,575 Number of households
  • Dallas County: 993,312 ±5,968
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
3 ±0.2 (190,578  ±6,080) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dallas County: 2.6 2,574,369 (±0 / ±3,226)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,898,096

9.7% ±4.1% (4,610  ±1,984) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dallas County: 5.5% † 37,060 (±0.7% / ±4,788)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

69,863 ±4,101 Number of housing units
  • Dallas County: 1,079,042 ±1,242
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$246,500 ±$10,940 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Dallas County: $319,100 ±$4,928
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

11.3% ±3% (21,273  ±5,627.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dallas County: 14.4% 369,400 (±0.9% / ±21,953.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)

Social

80.7% ±2.8% (95,335  ±6,857.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dallas County: 82.5% 1,408,407 (±1.3% / ±22,774.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
18.2% ±2.2% (21,539  ±2,887.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Dallas County: 36.5% 622,396 (±0.8% / ±14,336.1)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)

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

24% ±3.2% (45,802  ±6,270) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Dallas County: 25.4% 663,140
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 17.9% 5,455,292

5.2% ±1.3% (7,037  ±1,756) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dallas County: 4.1% 80,470 (±0.3% / ±5,604)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
7,037 Total veterans ±1,756 6,116 Male ±1,644 921 Female ±559

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