Dunsmuir vs Tulelake

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

Dunsmuir and Tulelake 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 837 in Tulelake). Dunsmuir has the higher median household income ($47,708 vs $43,125 in Tulelake). Dunsmuir has the higher median home value ($262,800 vs $112,200 in Tulelake).

Population, income & housing

	Dunsmuir	Tulelake
Population	1,519	837
Median age	46.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,708	$43,125
Median home value	$262,800	$112,200
Median gross rent	$953	$724
Housing units	1,071	360
Homeownership rate	59.5%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunsmuir	Tulelake
Population	1,724 → 1,519 (-11.9%)	842 → 837 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$34,872 → $47,708 (+36.8%)	$29,886 → $43,125 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$170,800 → $262,800 (+53.9%)	$79,100 → $112,200 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $953 (+3.9%)	$576 → $724 (+25.7%)

Dunsmuir

Population

1,7241,519

Median household income

$34,872$47,708

Median home value

$170,800$262,800

Median gross rent

$917$953

Tulelake

Population

842837

Median household income

$29,886$43,125

Median home value

$79,100$112,200

Median gross rent

$576$724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunsmuir	Tulelake
Under 5	8.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	8.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.4%	7.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	15.7%
65 to 74	17.4%	14.8%
75 and over	10.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunsmuir	Tulelake
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	47.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	51.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunsmuir	Tulelake
No high school diploma	9.5%	36.1%
High school graduate	28.6%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	7.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunsmuir	Tulelake
Drove alone	69.9%	83.3%
Carpooled	16.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	11.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	7.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunsmuir	Tulelake
1-unit, detached	74.5%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Dunsmuir	Tulelake
Poverty rate	13.1%	26.4%
Average household size	2.17	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1945	1965