Grand Prairie vs Mesquite

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

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

Grand Prairie has the higher population (198,564 vs 148,848 in Mesquite). Grand Prairie has the higher median household income ($78,889 vs $71,843 in Mesquite). Grand Prairie has the higher median home value ($272,200 vs $226,500 in Mesquite).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Prairie	Mesquite
Population	198,564	148,848
Median age	33.5 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,889	$71,843
Median home value	$272,200	$226,500
Median gross rent	$1,470	$1,407
Housing units	70,407	53,968
Homeownership rate	57.9%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Prairie	Mesquite
Population	192,565 → 198,564 (+3.1%)	143,456 → 148,848 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$67,388 → $78,889 (+17.1%)	$57,824 → $71,843 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$162,400 → $272,200 (+67.6%)	$143,000 → $226,500 (+58.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,470 (+34.7%)	$1,104 → $1,407 (+27.4%)

Grand Prairie

Population

192,565198,564

Median household income

$67,388$78,889

Median home value

$162,400$272,200

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,470

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)

	Grand Prairie	Mesquite
Under 5	6.3%	7.6%
5 to 17	21.9%	20.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.4%
75 and over	3.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Prairie	Mesquite
White (non-Hispanic)	20.1%	24.3%
Black or African American	23.9%	24.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.3%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	47.2%	44.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Prairie	Mesquite
No high school diploma	18.3%	19.1%
High school graduate	25.2%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Prairie	Mesquite
Drove alone	75.6%	74.1%
Carpooled	11.0%	15.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.2%	8.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Prairie	Mesquite
1-unit, detached	62.3%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	12.5%
20 or more units	12.7%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Grand Prairie	Mesquite
Poverty rate	12.0%	12.4%
Average household size	2.96	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1991	1983