Mesquite vs Whitney

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

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

Whitney has the higher population (46,268 vs 21,314 in Mesquite). Mesquite has the higher median household income ($74,439 vs $63,480 in Whitney). Mesquite has the higher median home value ($374,400 vs $299,700 in Whitney).

Population, income & housing

	Mesquite	Whitney
Population	21,314	46,268
Median age	62.4 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,439	$63,480
Median home value	$374,400	$299,700
Median gross rent	$1,114	$1,477
Housing units	11,905	18,425
Homeownership rate	80.2%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesquite	Whitney
Population	18,446 → 21,314 (+15.5%)	42,973 → 46,268 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$55,542 → $74,439 (+34.0%)	$49,699 → $63,480 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$236,700 → $374,400 (+58.2%)	$183,500 → $299,700 (+63.3%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,114 (+26.7%)	$1,117 → $1,477 (+32.2%)

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

Whitney

Population

42,97346,268

Median household income

$49,699$63,480

Median home value

$183,500$299,700

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesquite	Whitney
Under 5	3.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	9.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	3.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	7.3%	17.1%
35 to 44	6.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	27.2%	9.2%
75 and over	17.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesquite	Whitney
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	26.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	23.8%	40.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesquite	Whitney
No high school diploma	9.7%	16.6%
High school graduate	31.5%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesquite	Whitney
Drove alone	71.8%	78.2%
Carpooled	14.6%	9.8%
Public transit	1.5%	2.6%
Walked	3.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.7%	6.2%
Other means	0.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesquite	Whitney
1-unit, detached	61.3%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	15.9%
20 or more units	2.2%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Mesquite	Whitney
Poverty rate	10.5%	16.2%
Average household size	2.23	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	2004	2002