MesquiteNM
Home to 675 people, the town was settled in 1913.
Is Mesquite a good place to live?
Mesquite’s median age is 63.1 years, above both New Mexico’s towns (37.2 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). No town among the 74 in New Mexico we compare has a higher share of households owning their home than Mesquite. Mesquite’s trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile, against 1.0 in New Mexico’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Mesquite has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
675 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Mesquite: who provides what
Mesquite is unincorporated, so Doña Ana County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 27, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Mesquite.
With only 0.5 jobs per working resident, most people in Mesquite work out of town
4.7% of residents live below the poverty line in Mesquite. For most workers, Mesquite is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Mesquite has added 55 jobs, to 145 in 2023. The top destinations are Las Cruces (43%), El Paso (8%) and Anthony (5%).
| Mesquite | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 14% | 8% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A home in Mesquite is worth about $219K, on Zillow’s estimate
Typical home values rose 1.7% in the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Top of a high hazard risk in Mesquite: inland flooding
Households in Mesquite have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2025. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Mesquite stands out in New Mexico and nationally: a larger share of its adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance
Among adults in Mesquite, 33% sleep under 7 hours. Only 4 of the 74 New Mexico towns we compare have a higher share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Mesquite. In Mesquite, 37% of adults worry about having enough food, and 67% had a checkup this year. The town does better than the New Mexico average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 13.
| Mesquite | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 26% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 23% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 16% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 67% | 69% | 79% |
| What stands out | Mesquite | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.4% | 7.4% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.4% | 14.2% |
| More uninsured adults | 31.4% | 15.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
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Everything we know about Mesquite
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Mesquite
About 0 of every 100 Mesquite residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Mexico.
Mesquite has shrunk 12% from 2010 to 2020
1,112 counted in 2010 and 984 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
About Mesquite
Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
Mesquite is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mesquite had a population of 984. It is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3,839 ft
- ZIP code
- 88048
Questions about Mesquite
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mesquite, NM a good place to live?
Mesquite has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.