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SheetNV-MESQUITE-NV · Mesquite, NV 21,314 pop · income 55th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Mesquite
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Mesquite on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Gallup · lowest
57,466
Gallup · lowest
57,466 median HH income
39.3% of the leader · rank #1
Greenport West · near
74,432
Greenport West · near
74,432 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #2
Utica · near
74,438
Utica · near
74,438 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #3
Mesquite · this city
74,439
Mesquite · this city
74,439 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #4
Rexford · near
74,444
Rexford · near
74,444 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #5
Endicott · near
74,444
Endicott · near
74,444 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #6
Stevenson Ran… · highest
146,404
Stevenson Ran… · highest
146,404 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Mesquite on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 21,314.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Mesquite - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Mesquite lands in the 55th percentile for household income and the 59th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
55th
percentile, household income
75th
percentile, home value
67th
percentile, median rent
59th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Mesquite, NV
Nevada's Mesquite is a small city, with 21,314 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Mesquite households earn a median of $74,439 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.3%. Home values in Mesquite run a median of $374,400, and the median resident age is 62.4 years. About 23.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 36.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 377 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Growing), up 19% from five years earlier. Mesquite reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 1129.1 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Nevada tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 100.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,428 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Nevada run around $190, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for Mesquite workers runs 17.2 minutes, with 71.8% driving alone and 7.7% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 46.2 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Mesquite's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from reported crime to schools and households to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to population change to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Mesquite, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, local building permits, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Mesquite?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1129.1 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 50% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 23.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Which cities make useful reference points for Mesquite?
Within Nevada, the closest population matches are Elko (20,624 residents, $75,630 income); Sun Valley (22,697 residents, $76,108 income); Fernley (23,631 residents, $87,991 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Candler-McAfee, GA (21,316 residents); Mukilteo, WA (21,312 residents); Stevenson Ranch, CA (21,317 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
What does the journey to work look like in Mesquite?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 71.8%. The reported mean trip to work is 17.2 minutes.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is Mesquite growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +3,393 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +16.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 377 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+16.5%
2025 estimate
24,001
2020 estimate
20,608
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
How far does income reach against housing in Mesquite?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Household income
$74,439
Home value
$374,400
Value / income
5.0×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Above median income · poverty 6.3% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.0 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Nevada average
C-
City profile score · Mesquite, NV
53/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Violent crime B-
123 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate C
6.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C-
$74,439
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share D
23.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Mesquite profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 65/100 (B-) · 123 /100k
Poverty rate: 57/100 (C) · 6.3%
Household income: 54/100 (C-) · $74,439
Bachelor's+ share: 46/100 (D) · 23.9%
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Where Mesquite sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Mesquite's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Mesquite highlighted among 26 peers.Read the chart values
Mesquite, NV (this city): home $374,400, crime 1,129/100k
Mukilteo, WA : home $830,000, crime 1,823/100k
South Lake Tahoe, CA : home $630,200, crime 2,247/100k
Geneva, IL : home $415,800, crime 584/100k
Gallup, NM : home $134,600, crime 5,400/100k
Elko, NV : home $285,400, crime 1,836/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Mesquite compare to other US cities?
Here's how Mesquite stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income55% higher than other cities
Home value75% pricier than other cities
Median rent67% pricier than other cities
Safety59% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Nevada and the picture shifts: Mesquite ranks #2 of 10 Nevada cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Mesquite against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Nevada only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Nevada-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Mesquite near the bottom of Nevada's cities
Among the 111 Nevada cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Mesquite ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Mesquite only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#55 of 101
46th percentile in Nevada
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 111
0th percentile in Nevada
Median Home Value
#41 of 97
58th percentile in Nevada
Poverty Rate
#46 of 111
59th percentile in Nevada
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#41 of 111
62nd percentile in Nevada
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Nevada only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
55th percentile nationally for median household income · 59th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Mesquite's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Mesquite's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Mesquite's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$374,40025th percentilemore affordable than 25% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Mesquite's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#12,939 of 15,516
More affordable than 17% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,621 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 5.0×, Mesquite sits in the pressured band:
national rank #12,939 of 15,516 and #2,621 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$74,439Mesquite, NV median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Mesquite, NV median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Mesquite, NV.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)36.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
21,314
Median Income
$74,439
Median Home Value
$374,400
Median Age
62.4
Poverty Rate
6.3%
Labor force participation
36.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
23.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1129.1
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
123.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1006.0
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Mesquite's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
20,608 residents
2021
21,188 residents
2022
21,964 residents
2023
22,902 residents
2024
23,465 residents
2025
24,001 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Growing
Total Permits (2024)
377
housing units authorized
Single-Family
377
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
17.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
317
305
12
$68.2M
2020
397
361
36
$81.2M
2021
512
492
20
$107.0M
2022
551
426
125
$99.3M
2023
301
275
26
$63.2M
2024
377
377
0
$81.7M
Permit volume increased 19% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
17.2 minutes
Drive Alone
71.8%
Carpool
14.6%
Public Transit
1.5%
Walk
3.5%
Work from Home
7.7%
Other
0.9%
Based on 6,735 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Nevada statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $190
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Nevada at $190 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Nevada statewide averages, not a meter reading for Mesquite. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Nevada's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Mesquite is $1,428/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Nevada statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 46.2 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Nevada statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Mesquite sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Mesquite compares to similar-size Nevada cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.