Mesquite
What’s happening
Weather
Forecast →Upcoming events
Put the next local happening — a market, a meeting, a concert — on the map.
Local news
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The Mesquite album
Outdoors in Mesquite
Parks & trails →Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Town numbers
Housing in Mesquite
The typical Mesquite home is worth about $259,000, down 2.5% in a year, 14% below the Texas typical home.
A balanced market
Safety in Mesquite
Safety Grade D
Mesquite reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 89% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 33%.
Schools in Mesquite
All Mesquite schools →School Grade B-
The public schools Mesquite’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 55% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within TX. Ratings are from neighbors.