DeSoto vs Mesquite

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

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

Mesquite has the higher population (148,848 vs 55,896 in DeSoto). DeSoto has the higher median household income ($83,256 vs $71,843 in Mesquite). DeSoto has the higher median home value ($282,600 vs $226,500 in Mesquite).

Population, income & housing

	DeSoto	Mesquite
Population	55,896	148,848
Median age	41.9 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,256	$71,843
Median home value	$282,600	$226,500
Median gross rent	$1,478	$1,407
Housing units	22,021	53,968
Homeownership rate	70.5%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	DeSoto	Mesquite
Population	53,090 → 55,896 (+5.3%)	143,456 → 148,848 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$71,578 → $83,256 (+16.3%)	$57,824 → $71,843 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$169,800 → $282,600 (+66.4%)	$143,000 → $226,500 (+58.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,179 → $1,478 (+25.4%)	$1,104 → $1,407 (+27.4%)

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

Mesquite

Population

143,456148,848

Median household income

$57,824$71,843

Median home value

$143,000$226,500

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,407

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	DeSoto	Mesquite
Under 5	4.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	20.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	15.0%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	16.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.4%
75 and over	5.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	DeSoto	Mesquite
White (non-Hispanic)	8.1%	24.3%
Black or African American	67.9%	24.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	44.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	DeSoto	Mesquite
No high school diploma	9.1%	19.1%
High school graduate	24.4%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	DeSoto	Mesquite
Drove alone	74.3%	74.1%
Carpooled	8.0%	15.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.6%	8.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	DeSoto	Mesquite
1-unit, detached	74.4%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	12.5%
20 or more units	5.4%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	DeSoto	Mesquite
Poverty rate	7.3%	12.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1993	1983