Mesquite vs San Miguel

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

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

San Miguel has the higher population (707 vs 584 in Mesquite). Mesquite has the higher median household income ($68,330 vs $55,219 in San Miguel). San Miguel has the higher median home value ($116,200 vs $96,900 in Mesquite).

Population, income & housing

	Mesquite	San Miguel
Population	584	707
Median age	63.1 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,330	$55,219
Median home value	$96,900	$116,200
Housing units	374	366
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesquite	San Miguel
Population	408 → 584 (+43.1%)	978 → 707 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$58,186 → $68,330 (+17.4%)	$63,594 → $55,219 (-13.2%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $96,900 (+11.3%)	$99,600 → $116,200 (+16.7%)

Mesquite

Population

408584

Median household income

$58,186$68,330

Median home value

$87,100$96,900

San Miguel

Population

978707

Median household income

$63,594$55,219

Median home value

$99,600$116,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesquite	San Miguel
Under 5	0.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	1.5%	24.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	1.4%	7.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	19.1%
45 to 54	37.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	50.2%	5.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	15.6%
75 and over	8.6%	0.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesquite	San Miguel
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	4.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	100.0%	95.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesquite	San Miguel
No high school diploma	47.1%	17.5%
High school graduate	52.2%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	0.7%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesquite	San Miguel
Drove alone	100.0%	97.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesquite	San Miguel
1-unit, detached	41.2%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.8%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Mesquite	San Miguel
Poverty rate	0.0%	20.9%
Average household size	1.93	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1994	1977