Mesquite vs Rowlett

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

Mesquite and Rowlett 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 64,139 in Rowlett). Rowlett has the higher median household income ($113,600 vs $71,843 in Mesquite). Rowlett has the higher median home value ($342,400 vs $226,500 in Mesquite).

Population, income & housing

	Mesquite	Rowlett
Population	148,848	64,139
Median age	33.4 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,843	$113,600
Median home value	$226,500	$342,400
Median gross rent	$1,407	$1,964
Housing units	53,968	22,511
Homeownership rate	63.3%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesquite	Rowlett
Population	143,456 → 148,848 (+3.8%)	63,793 → 64,139 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$57,824 → $71,843 (+24.2%)	$101,085 → $113,600 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$143,000 → $226,500 (+58.4%)	$228,800 → $342,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,104 → $1,407 (+27.4%)	$1,627 → $1,964 (+20.7%)

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

Rowlett

Population

63,79364,139

Median household income

$101,085$113,600

Median home value

$228,800$342,400

Median gross rent

$1,627$1,964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesquite	Rowlett
Under 5	7.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.3%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.6%
75 and over	4.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesquite	Rowlett
White (non-Hispanic)	24.3%	46.7%
Black or African American	24.2%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	44.7%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesquite	Rowlett
No high school diploma	19.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	30.5%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesquite	Rowlett
Drove alone	74.1%	75.2%
Carpooled	15.0%	7.2%
Public transit	0.6%	1.4%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	15.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesquite	Rowlett
1-unit, detached	71.0%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	2.2%
20 or more units	8.8%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Mesquite	Rowlett
Poverty rate	12.4%	7.2%
Average household size	2.94	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1983	1997