Dumas vs Mitchellville

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

Dumas and Mitchellville 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 240 in Mitchellville). Dumas has the higher median household income ($34,938 vs $29,398 in Mitchellville). Dumas has the higher median home value ($90,800 vs $65,000 in Mitchellville).

Population, income & housing

	Dumas	Mitchellville
Population	3,877	240
Median age	40.1 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,938	$29,398
Median home value	$90,800	$65,000
Median gross rent	$761	$486
Housing units	2,020	148
Homeownership rate	56.0%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dumas	Mitchellville
Population	4,173 → 3,877 (-7.1%)	366 → 240 (-34.4%)
Median household income	$35,226 → $34,938 (-0.8%)	$17,375 → $29,398 (+69.2%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $90,800 (+37.0%)	$56,900 → $65,000 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $761 (+39.6%)	$438 → $486 (+11.0%)

Dumas

Population

4,1733,877

Median household income

$35,226$34,938

Median home value

$66,300$90,800

Median gross rent

$545$761

Mitchellville

Population

366240

Median household income

$17,375$29,398

Median home value

$56,900$65,000

Median gross rent

$438$486

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dumas	Mitchellville
Under 5	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	10.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	12.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	7.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	5.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	6.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	28.7%
65 to 74	14.1%	19.6%
75 and over	7.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dumas	Mitchellville
White (non-Hispanic)	21.2%	0.8%
Black or African American	68.1%	99.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dumas	Mitchellville
No high school diploma	21.6%	27.2%
High school graduate	41.5%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	6.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dumas	Mitchellville
Drove alone	81.5%	82.3%
Carpooled	14.9%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dumas	Mitchellville
1-unit, detached	71.8%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	33.1%

Poverty & households

	Dumas	Mitchellville
Poverty rate	28.6%	20.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1977	1981