Cedar Hill vs DeSoto

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Hill and DeSoto: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Hill and DeSoto are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

DeSoto has the higher population (55,896 vs 48,547 in Cedar Hill). Cedar Hill has the higher median household income ($90,608 vs $83,256 in DeSoto). DeSoto has the higher median home value ($282,600 vs $273,200 in Cedar Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Hill	DeSoto
Population	48,547	55,896
Median age	35.0 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,608	$83,256
Median home value	$273,200	$282,600
Median gross rent	$1,878	$1,478
Housing units	17,029	22,021
Homeownership rate	69.4%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Hill	DeSoto
Population	48,560 → 48,547 (-0.0%)	53,090 → 55,896 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$72,463 → $90,608 (+25.0%)	$71,578 → $83,256 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$168,800 → $273,200 (+61.8%)	$169,800 → $282,600 (+66.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,374 → $1,878 (+36.7%)	$1,179 → $1,478 (+25.4%)

Cedar Hill

Population

48,56048,547

Median household income

$72,463$90,608

Median home value

$168,800$273,200

Median gross rent

$1,374$1,878

DeSoto

Population

53,09055,896

Median household income

$71,578$83,256

Median home value

$169,800$282,600

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,478

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Hill	DeSoto
Under 5	5.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	22.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	16.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.3%
75 and over	2.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Hill	DeSoto
White (non-Hispanic)	16.2%	8.1%
Black or African American	49.6%	67.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	27.9%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Hill	DeSoto
No high school diploma	9.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	23.2%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Hill	DeSoto
Drove alone	74.4%	74.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	8.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.5%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	15.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Hill	DeSoto
1-unit, detached	81.1%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	10.1%
20 or more units	6.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Hill	DeSoto
Poverty rate	10.1%	7.3%
Average household size	2.94	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1994	1993