Mesquite city, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Mesquite city is a mid-size city in Texas, with 148,848 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #21 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 33.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Mesquite city earn a median of $71,843 a year, 8.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% above the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 12.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Mesquite city is valued at $226,500, 25.3% below the national figure and 26% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,407 a month, essentially level with the national figure, or roughly $16,884 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 63.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.