Dunsmuir vs McCloud

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

Dunsmuir and McCloud 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 871 in McCloud). Dunsmuir has the higher median household income ($47,708 vs $39,519 in McCloud). McCloud has the higher median home value ($310,000 vs $262,800 in Dunsmuir).

Population, income & housing

	Dunsmuir	McCloud
Population	1,519	871
Median age	46.7 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,708	$39,519
Median home value	$262,800	$310,000
Median gross rent	$953	$980
Housing units	1,071	638
Homeownership rate	59.5%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunsmuir	McCloud
Population	1,724 → 1,519 (-11.9%)	1,020 → 871 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$34,872 → $47,708 (+36.8%)	$34,405 → $39,519 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$170,800 → $262,800 (+53.9%)	$187,200 → $310,000 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $953 (+3.9%)	$956 → $980 (+2.5%)

Dunsmuir

Population

1,7241,519

Median household income

$34,872$47,708

Median home value

$170,800$262,800

Median gross rent

$917$953

McCloud

Population

1,020871

Median household income

$34,405$39,519

Median home value

$187,200$310,000

Median gross rent

$956$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunsmuir	McCloud
Under 5	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.0%	10.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	2.1%
35 to 44	8.7%	6.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	17.4%	24.6%
75 and over	10.1%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunsmuir	McCloud
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	79.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	2.8%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunsmuir	McCloud
No high school diploma	9.5%	9.3%
High school graduate	28.6%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunsmuir	McCloud
Drove alone	69.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	16.6%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	7.7%	4.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunsmuir	McCloud
1-unit, detached	74.5%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	5.2%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Dunsmuir	McCloud
Poverty rate	13.1%	21.2%
Average household size	2.17	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1945	1938