DeSoto is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 55,968 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, DeSoto is the 66th largest community in Texas.

Also of interest is that DeSoto has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in DeSoto telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.30% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

In DeSoto, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.88 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

In terms of college education, DeSoto is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.85% of adults in DeSoto have a college degree.

The per capita income in DeSoto in 2018 was $36,664, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $146,656 for a family of four. However, DeSoto contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

DeSoto is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call DeSoto home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of DeSoto residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. DeSoto also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.51% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in DeSoto include English, German, Irish, Italian, and African.

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