Dunsmuir vs Etna

A side-by-side comparison of Dunsmuir and Etna: population, income, housing, and more.

Dunsmuir and Etna are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dunsmuir has the higher population (1,519 vs 701 in Etna). Etna has the higher median household income ($60,313 vs $47,708 in Dunsmuir). Dunsmuir has the higher median home value ($262,800 vs $238,400 in Etna).

Population, income & housing

	Dunsmuir	Etna
Population	1,519	701
Median age	46.7 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,708	$60,313
Median home value	$262,800	$238,400
Median gross rent	$953	$854
Housing units	1,071	341
Homeownership rate	59.5%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunsmuir	Etna
Population	1,724 → 1,519 (-11.9%)	735 → 701 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$34,872 → $47,708 (+36.8%)	$52,833 → $60,313 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$170,800 → $262,800 (+53.9%)	$187,500 → $238,400 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $953 (+3.9%)	$914 → $854 (-6.6%)

Dunsmuir

Population

1,7241,519

Median household income

$34,872$47,708

Median home value

$170,800$262,800

Median gross rent

$917$953

Etna

Population

735701

Median household income

$52,833$60,313

Median home value

$187,500$238,400

Median gross rent

$914$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunsmuir	Etna
Under 5	8.8%	10.4%
5 to 17	11.1%	7.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	8.7%	16.7%
45 to 54	8.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	17.4%	19.8%
75 and over	10.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunsmuir	Etna
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	79.9%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	3.3%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	11.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunsmuir	Etna
No high school diploma	9.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	28.6%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	47.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunsmuir	Etna
Drove alone	69.9%	67.7%
Carpooled	16.6%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	19.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	8.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunsmuir	Etna
1-unit, detached	74.5%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	8.5%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dunsmuir	Etna
Poverty rate	13.1%	20.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1945	1967