Irving vs Mesquite

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

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

Irving has the higher population (255,036 vs 148,848 in Mesquite). Irving has the higher median household income ($79,641 vs $71,843 in Mesquite). Irving has the higher median home value ($287,300 vs $226,500 in Mesquite).

Population, income & housing

	Irving	Mesquite
Population	255,036	148,848
Median age	32.8 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,641	$71,843
Median home value	$287,300	$226,500
Median gross rent	$1,517	$1,407
Housing units	101,312	53,968
Homeownership rate	38.3%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.6%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Irving	Mesquite
Population	239,783 → 255,036 (+6.4%)	143,456 → 148,848 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$64,868 → $79,641 (+22.8%)	$57,824 → $71,843 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$177,500 → $287,300 (+61.9%)	$143,000 → $226,500 (+58.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,146 → $1,517 (+32.4%)	$1,104 → $1,407 (+27.4%)

Irving

Population

239,783255,036

Median household income

$64,868$79,641

Median home value

$177,500$287,300

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,517

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)

	Irving	Mesquite
Under 5	8.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	18.7%	15.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	9.1%	10.9%
65 to 74	5.7%	7.4%
75 and over	3.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Irving	Mesquite
White (non-Hispanic)	18.6%	24.3%
Black or African American	12.7%	24.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	22.5%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	43.0%	44.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Irving	Mesquite
No high school diploma	19.5%	19.1%
High school graduate	18.7%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Irving	Mesquite
Drove alone	68.8%	74.1%
Carpooled	10.2%	15.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.3%	8.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Irving	Mesquite
1-unit, detached	39.4%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	12.5%
20 or more units	23.3%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Irving	Mesquite
Poverty rate	11.0%	12.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1986	1983