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About DeSoto
City in the United StatesDeSoto is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. DeSoto is a suburb of Dallas and is part of the Best Southwest area, which includes DeSoto, Cedar Hill, Duncanville, and Lancaster. As of the 2020 census, DeSoto had a population of 56,145.
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Housing in DeSoto
The typical DeSoto home is worth about $320,000, down 1.4% in a year, 7% above the Texas typical home.
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Safety in DeSoto
Safety Grade C
DeSoto reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 71% report less.
Schools in DeSoto
All DeSoto schools →School Grade C-
The public schools DeSoto’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 83% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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