Barrera vs Mesquite

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

Barrera 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 (219 vs 208 in Barrera). Mesquite has the higher median household income ($37,989 vs $8,000 in Barrera). Since 2019, Barrera's population has grown faster (-8.8% vs -38.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Barrera	Mesquite
Population	208	219
Median age	12.5 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$8,000	$37,989
Median home value	—	$129,500
Housing units	86	73
Homeownership rate	17.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	20.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barrera	Mesquite
Population	228 → 208 (-8.8%)	355 → 219 (-38.3%)
Median household income	—	$26,167 → $37,989 (+45.2%)
Median home value	—	$78,600 → $129,500 (+64.8%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $685 (+10.7%)	—

Barrera

Population

228208

Median gross rent

$619$685

Mesquite

Population

355219

Median household income

$26,167$37,989

Median home value

$78,600$129,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barrera	Mesquite
Under 5	50.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.0%
18 to 24	17.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	25.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	21.9%
75 and over	15.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barrera	Mesquite
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barrera	Mesquite
No high school diploma	100.0%	53.8%
High school graduate	0.0%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barrera	Mesquite
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barrera	Mesquite
1-unit, detached	17.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	40.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	41.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barrera	Mesquite
Poverty rate	84.1%	8.7%
Average household size	2.42	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	2008	1998