Mesquite vs Winchester

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

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

Winchester has the higher population (37,774 vs 21,314 in Mesquite). Mesquite has the higher median household income ($74,439 vs $49,190 in Winchester). Mesquite has the higher median home value ($374,400 vs $287,100 in Winchester).

Population, income & housing

	Mesquite	Winchester
Population	21,314	37,774
Median age	62.4 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,439	$49,190
Median home value	$374,400	$287,100
Median gross rent	$1,114	$1,152
Housing units	11,905	18,067
Homeownership rate	80.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesquite	Winchester
Population	18,446 → 21,314 (+15.5%)	28,231 → 37,774 (+33.8%)
Median household income	$55,542 → $74,439 (+34.0%)	$39,020 → $49,190 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$236,700 → $374,400 (+58.2%)	$162,400 → $287,100 (+76.8%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,114 (+26.7%)	$933 → $1,152 (+23.5%)

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

Winchester

Population

28,23137,774

Median household income

$39,020$49,190

Median home value

$162,400$287,100

Median gross rent

$933$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesquite	Winchester
Under 5	3.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	9.7%	18.2%
18 to 24	3.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	7.3%	16.4%
35 to 44	6.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	27.2%	7.7%
75 and over	17.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesquite	Winchester
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	23.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.9%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	23.8%	50.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesquite	Winchester
No high school diploma	9.7%	25.7%
High school graduate	31.5%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesquite	Winchester
Drove alone	71.8%	67.6%
Carpooled	14.6%	11.3%
Public transit	1.5%	6.5%
Walked	3.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.3%
Other means	0.8%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesquite	Winchester
1-unit, detached	61.3%	17.2%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	29.1%
20 or more units	2.2%	25.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Mesquite	Winchester
Poverty rate	10.5%	23.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	2004	1979