Mesquite is home to 675 people in New Mexico. The median age is 63.1, about 24 years above the US median. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 0% of adults. Owners hold 100% of the housing stock. 44% of people here were born outside the United States. The typical home is worth $96,400, having more than tripled since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $70,692, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 63.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
0% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 166%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Mesquite
What changed most since 2000
Median age24.0 → 63.1(+39.1 years)US over the same years: +3.7 years
Poverty rate43.4% → 4.7%(−38.6 pts)US over the same years: 0.0 pts
Homes owned by their occupants74.4% → 100.0%(+25.6 pts)US over the same years: −1.1 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Over time
Mesquite, decade by decade
Mesquite population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2000
948
$39,849
$36,251
7.5%
12.3
2010
1,112
$56,644
$207,010
33.2%
10.4
2020
984
$70,524
$105,569
12.1%
17.9
2024
675
$70,692
$96,400
0.0%
0.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
