DeSoto vs Duncanville

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

DeSoto and Duncanville 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 39,879 in Duncanville). DeSoto has the higher median household income ($83,256 vs $71,381 in Duncanville). DeSoto has the higher median home value ($282,600 vs $239,200 in Duncanville).

Population, income & housing

	DeSoto	Duncanville
Population	55,896	39,879
Median age	41.9 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,256	$71,381
Median home value	$282,600	$239,200
Median gross rent	$1,478	$1,562
Housing units	22,021	14,272
Homeownership rate	70.5%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	DeSoto	Duncanville
Population	53,090 → 55,896 (+5.3%)	39,415 → 39,879 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$71,578 → $83,256 (+16.3%)	$56,412 → $71,381 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$169,800 → $282,600 (+66.4%)	$149,600 → $239,200 (+59.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,179 → $1,478 (+25.4%)	$1,140 → $1,562 (+37.0%)

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

Duncanville

Population

39,41539,879

Median household income

$56,412$71,381

Median home value

$149,600$239,200

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,562

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	DeSoto	Duncanville
Under 5	4.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	21.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	16.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.5%
75 and over	5.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	DeSoto	Duncanville
White (non-Hispanic)	8.1%	22.7%
Black or African American	67.9%	30.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	43.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	DeSoto	Duncanville
No high school diploma	9.1%	18.2%
High school graduate	24.4%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	DeSoto	Duncanville
Drove alone	74.3%	75.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	10.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.6%	10.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	DeSoto	Duncanville
1-unit, detached	74.4%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	16.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	DeSoto	Duncanville
Poverty rate	7.3%	9.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1993	1978