Arkansas City vs Dumas

A side-by-side comparison of Arkansas City and Dumas: population, income, housing, and more.

Arkansas City and Dumas are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dumas has the higher population (3,877 vs 487 in Arkansas City). Arkansas City has the higher median household income ($40,729 vs $34,938 in Dumas). Dumas has the higher median home value ($90,800 vs $89,600 in Arkansas City).

Population, income & housing

	Arkansas City	Dumas
Population	487	3,877
Median age	46.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,729	$34,938
Median home value	$89,600	$90,800
Median gross rent	$619	$761
Housing units	269	2,020
Homeownership rate	77.4%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkansas City	Dumas
Population	409 → 487 (+19.1%)	4,173 → 3,877 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$32,857 → $40,729 (+24.0%)	$35,226 → $34,938 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $89,600 (+49.3%)	$66,300 → $90,800 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $619 (+4.0%)	$545 → $761 (+39.6%)

Arkansas City

Population

409487

Median household income

$32,857$40,729

Median home value

$60,000$89,600

Median gross rent

$595$619

Dumas

Population

4,1733,877

Median household income

$35,226$34,938

Median home value

$66,300$90,800

Median gross rent

$545$761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arkansas City	Dumas
Under 5	6.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	19.8%
18 to 24	16.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	5.3%	10.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	21.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	14.1%
75 and over	8.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkansas City	Dumas
White (non-Hispanic)	68.0%	21.2%
Black or African American	32.0%	68.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arkansas City	Dumas
No high school diploma	18.5%	21.6%
High school graduate	58.9%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	11.5%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkansas City	Dumas
Drove alone	93.2%	81.5%
Carpooled	3.1%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkansas City	Dumas
1-unit, detached	68.4%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Arkansas City	Dumas
Poverty rate	27.5%	28.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1978	1977