Fairacres vs Mesquite

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

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

Mesquite has the higher population (584 vs 395 in Fairacres). Fairacres has the higher median home value ($215,800 vs $96,900 in Mesquite). Since 2019, Mesquite's population has grown faster (+43.1% vs -69.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairacres	Mesquite
Population	395	584
Median age	43.9 yrs	63.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$68,330
Median home value	$215,800	$96,900
Housing units	153	374
Homeownership rate	96.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairacres	Mesquite
Population	1,294 → 395 (-69.5%)	408 → 584 (+43.1%)
Median household income	—	$58,186 → $68,330 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$133,600 → $215,800 (+61.5%)	$87,100 → $96,900 (+11.3%)

Fairacres

Population

1,294395

Median home value

$133,600$215,800

Mesquite

Population

408584

Median household income

$58,186$68,330

Median home value

$87,100$96,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairacres	Mesquite
Under 5	5.1%	0.7%
5 to 17	24.1%	1.5%
18 to 24	2.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.3%	1.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	22.0%	37.7%
55 to 64	3.3%	50.2%
65 to 74	15.2%	0.0%
75 and over	8.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairacres	Mesquite
White (non-Hispanic)	26.8%	0.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	71.4%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairacres	Mesquite
No high school diploma	8.9%	47.1%
High school graduate	16.7%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	53.0%	0.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairacres	Mesquite
Drove alone	84.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairacres	Mesquite
1-unit, detached	64.1%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.3%	58.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairacres	Mesquite
Poverty rate	27.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.58	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1989	1994