Mesquite vs Moapa Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Mesquite and Moapa Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Mesquite and Moapa Valley are places in Nevada. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mesquite has the higher population (21,314 vs 6,699 in Moapa Valley). Moapa Valley has the higher median household income ($83,571 vs $74,439 in Mesquite). Mesquite has the higher median home value ($374,400 vs $360,600 in Moapa Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Mesquite	Moapa Valley
Population	21,314	6,699
Median age	62.4 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,439	$83,571
Median home value	$374,400	$360,600
Median gross rent	$1,114	$1,007
Housing units	11,905	2,577
Homeownership rate	80.2%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesquite	Moapa Valley
Population	18,446 → 21,314 (+15.5%)	7,213 → 6,699 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$55,542 → $74,439 (+34.0%)	$66,806 → $83,571 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$236,700 → $374,400 (+58.2%)	$208,200 → $360,600 (+73.2%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,114 (+26.7%)	$876 → $1,007 (+15.0%)

Mesquite

Population

18,44621,314

Median household income

$55,542$74,439

Median home value

$236,700$374,400

Median gross rent

$879$1,114

Moapa Valley

Population

7,2136,699

Median household income

$66,806$83,571

Median home value

$208,200$360,600

Median gross rent

$876$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesquite	Moapa Valley
Under 5	3.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	9.7%	25.9%
18 to 24	3.3%	3.3%
25 to 34	7.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	6.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	27.2%	10.5%
75 and over	17.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesquite	Moapa Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.6%
Asian	1.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	23.8%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesquite	Moapa Valley
No high school diploma	9.7%	6.1%
High school graduate	31.5%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesquite	Moapa Valley
Drove alone	71.8%	83.6%
Carpooled	14.6%	7.5%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.7%	7.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesquite	Moapa Valley
1-unit, detached	61.3%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Mesquite	Moapa Valley
Poverty rate	10.5%	7.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	19	36
Median year structure built	2004	1990