Texas · Census place 47892
Mesquite city, TX
Quick answer
Mesquite city has 148,848 residents, ranking #21 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $71,843, the median home is worth $226,500 and median gross rent runs $1,407 a month.
- Population
- 148,848Mesquite city residents
- Median household income
- $71,843Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $226,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,407Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 33.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 63.3%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Mesquite city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Mesquite city median would spend about 23.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.4% of residents and 63.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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- Midland city 133,998
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