Coppell vs DeSoto

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

Coppell 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 42,029 in Coppell). Coppell has the higher median household income ($139,227 vs $83,256 in DeSoto). Coppell has the higher median home value ($525,300 vs $282,600 in DeSoto).

Population, income & housing

	Coppell	DeSoto
Population	42,029	55,896
Median age	40.5 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$139,227	$83,256
Median home value	$525,300	$282,600
Median gross rent	$1,851	$1,478
Housing units	15,974	22,021
Homeownership rate	69.1%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.1%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coppell	DeSoto
Population	41,645 → 42,029 (+0.9%)	53,090 → 55,896 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$122,340 → $139,227 (+13.8%)	$71,578 → $83,256 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$388,800 → $525,300 (+35.1%)	$169,800 → $282,600 (+66.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,450 → $1,851 (+27.7%)	$1,179 → $1,478 (+25.4%)

Coppell

Population

41,64542,029

Median household income

$122,340$139,227

Median home value

$388,800$525,300

Median gross rent

$1,450$1,851

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)

	Coppell	DeSoto
Under 5	5.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	21.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.5%
45 to 54	16.7%	16.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.3%
75 and over	3.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coppell	DeSoto
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	8.1%
Black or African American	4.9%	67.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	29.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coppell	DeSoto
No high school diploma	3.1%	9.1%
High school graduate	10.4%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	36.9%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	31.2%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coppell	DeSoto
Drove alone	65.3%	74.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.4%	15.6%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coppell	DeSoto
1-unit, detached	71.9%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	10.1%
20 or more units	7.6%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Coppell	DeSoto
Poverty rate	4.0%	7.3%
Average household size	2.70	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1993	1993