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Mesquite city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Mesquite city is a Census city of 149,299 people across 49.10 square miles of land, lying across Dallas County and Kaufman County. Median household income is $72,537, 62.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 116 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $102.9 m.
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Mesquite
What Mesquite is
- Census place typecity
- Land area49.1 sq mi
- Water area0.19 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,040
- County holding the largest share of its areaDallas County, 88.8 percent
- Counties this place lies inDallas County 88.8 percent, Kaufman County 11.2 percent
Mesquite city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mesquite
How many people live in Mesquite
- Population149,299
- Median age32.9
- Population under 1841,635
- Share under 1827.9 percent
- Population 65 and over16,867
- Share 65 and over11.3 percent
- Households50,171
- Family households36,864
- Share of households that are families73.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mesquite
Income and work in Mesquite
- Median household income$72,537
- Per capita income$29,877
- Civilian labor force78,792
- Employed74,555
- Unemployed4,237
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over93,070
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mesquite
Housing in Mesquite
- Housing units53,953
- Occupied units50,171
- Vacant units3,782
- Vacancy rate7.0 percent
- Owner occupied31,501
- Renter occupied18,670
- Ownership rate62.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$245,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,513
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.0 percent
- Single family units39,490
- Share single family73.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more14,130
- Share in buildings of two or more26.2 percent
- Mobile homes333 plus or minus 235
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mesquite
How Mesquite gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute64,732
- Commuting under 15 minutes9,988
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more35,683
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more55.1 percent
- Drove alone71.2 percent
- Carpooled16.3 percent
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Worked from home10.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mesquite
SBA 7(a) lending to Mesquite borrowers
- Approvals116
- Gross approval$102,858,700
- Average approval$886,713
- Median approval$495,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,372,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,095
- Jobs per approval9.4
- Loans with a final outcome24
- Paid in full23
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans4.2 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more30.2 percent
- Share to franchises18.1 percent
- Distinct lenders53
- Distinct industries by NAICS63
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Mesquite
SBA 504 lending to Mesquite borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$5,762,000
- Average approval$1,152,400
- Median approval$1,063,000
- Largest approval$1,812,000
- Jobs supported43
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Mesquite
Flood programme status in Mesquite
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number485490
- Currently effective map date01/12/23
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Dallas County, not Mesquite
Dallas County context, not Mesquite figures
These are Dallas County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Mesquite measurements.
- Establishments in Dallas County71,182
- Employment at those establishments, Dallas County1,648,702
- Covered employment, Dallas County1,826,215
- Average annual pay, Dallas County$89,284
- Average weekly wage, Dallas County$1,717
- Housing units permitted, Dallas County12,711
- Of those, single family, Dallas County5,655
- County product, 2024, Dallas County$389,402,358,000
- County product change over the prior year, Dallas County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Dallas County$89,056
Every figure in this section is published for Dallas County as a whole and is not a measurement of Mesquite. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Mesquite questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Mesquite, Texas?
149,299, in 50,171 households. Mesquite city covers 49.10 square miles of land, which is 3,040 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Mesquite in?
Mesquite lies in more than one. By area it is 88.8 percent in Dallas County, 11.2 percent in Kaufman County. This page sits under Dallas County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Mesquite?
$72,537. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $245,700. Median gross rent is $1,513 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Mesquite businesses?
116 7(a) approvals totalling $102.9 m, across 53 lenders, median approval $495,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $5.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Mesquite, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Mesquite borrowers get paid back?
Of the 24 loans that have reached a final outcome, 23 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 4.2 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Mesquite in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Mesquite appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 485490, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Mesquite figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Dallas County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Mesquite.
Is zoning published for Mesquite?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.