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Median Home Price in Mesquite, TX

The median home value in Mesquite, TX is $261,109 as of 2026-07-31, down 2.93% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$261,109

Year-over-Year

-2.93%

Population

148,803

Mesquite ranks #186 of 346 Texas cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 3.8% below the state's city median of $271,560. It sits in Dallas County, where the county-wide median is $310,705.

Crime in Mesquite

Mesquite police recorded a violent crime rate of 501 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,976 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Mesquite

What is the average home price in Mesquite, TX?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Mesquite, that value is $261,109. That's down 2.93% from a year earlier. It is about 3.8% below the typical Texas city tracked here.

Is Mesquite expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Mesquite are cheaper than Dallas County as a whole, where the median is $310,705 — a difference of about 16.0%.

Is Mesquite a safe place to live?

Mesquite police reported 501 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 148,803. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.