With 56,211 people, DeSoto is a city in Texas. The population is up 49% since 2000. Density works out to 2,598 people per square mile. The foreign-born share is 8%. 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Poverty is uncommon here, at 7.6% of people here.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $82,782, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
30% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 61%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about DeSoto
What changed most since 1990
White share73.3% → 8.6%(−64.7 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Black share20.7% → 67.0%(+46.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Population30,615 → 56,211(+84%)US over the same years: +35%
DeSoto's population equals 2.1% of Dallas County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.7% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 1.2% of the county's.
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
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)23.8%(750)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)34.7%(1,093)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era27.9%(879)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.2%(102)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.2%(5)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 3,153 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
DeSoto, decade by decade
DeSoto 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
1990
30,615
$109,323
$228,007
29.4%
52.2
2000
37,646
$105,108
$198,378
30.2%
73.6
2010
49,047
$84,460
$208,449
28.6%
61.5
2020
56,145
$86,205
$237,438
26.7%
60.0
2024
56,211
$82,782
$319,400
30.1%
63.2
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.
