Dwale vs McDowell

A side-by-side comparison of Dwale and McDowell: population, income, housing, and more.

Dwale and McDowell are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

McDowell has the higher population (549 vs 153 in Dwale). Since 2019, Dwale's population has grown faster (+43.0% vs -16.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Dwale	McDowell
Population	153	549
Median age	20.9 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$35,576
Median home value	—	$73,600
Housing units	88	344
Homeownership rate	67.7%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	28.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dwale	McDowell
Population	107 → 153 (+43.0%)	656 → 549 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$33,693 → $54,006 (+60.3%)	$28,319 → $35,576 (+25.6%)
Median home value	—	$70,400 → $73,600 (+4.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$411 → $835 (+103.2%)

Dwale

Population

107153

Median household income

$33,693$54,006

McDowell

Population

656549

Median household income

$28,319$35,576

Median home value

$70,400$73,600

Median gross rent

$411$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dwale	McDowell
Under 5	20.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	31.4%	1.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.8%	21.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	11.7%
75 and over	24.2%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dwale	McDowell
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	99.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dwale	McDowell
No high school diploma	50.7%	11.2%
High school graduate	38.4%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	11.0%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dwale	McDowell
Drove alone	76.2%	71.6%
Carpooled	23.8%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dwale	McDowell
1-unit, detached	34.1%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	65.9%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Dwale	McDowell
Poverty rate	31.4%	41.0%
Average household size	2.35	1.99
Median year structure built	1994	1985