Mesquite is a medium-sized city located in the state of Nevada. With a population of 22,786 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Mesquite is the 11th largest community in Nevada. Much of the housing stock in Mesquite was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Mesquite economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Mesquite, where the median household income is $74,439.00.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.68% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Mesquite has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Mesquite has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mesquite than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mesquite may be for you.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Mesquite spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.44 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

The education level of Mesquite citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.87% of adults in Mesquite have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Mesquite in 2022 was $41,129, which is upper middle income relative to Nevada and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $164,516 for a family of four. However, Mesquite contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mesquite is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mesquite home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mesquite residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Mesquite also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.78% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mesquite include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Mesquite is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.