Blue Mountain vs Dumas

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

Blue Mountain and Dumas are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blue Mountain has the higher population (1,452 vs 358 in Dumas). Blue Mountain has the higher median household income ($57,527 vs $57,000 in Dumas). Dumas has the higher median home value ($101,300 vs $78,600 in Blue Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mountain	Dumas
Population	1,452	358
Median age	27.2 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,527	$57,000
Median home value	$78,600	$101,300
Median gross rent	$627	$675
Housing units	436	165
Homeownership rate	59.3%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mountain	Dumas
Population	1,107 → 1,452 (+31.2%)	512 → 358 (-30.1%)
Median household income	$24,375 → $57,527 (+136.0%)	$40,625 → $57,000 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $78,600 (+14.6%)	$87,100 → $101,300 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$419 → $627 (+49.6%)	$719 → $675 (-6.1%)

Blue Mountain

Population

1,1071,452

Median household income

$24,375$57,527

Median home value

$68,600$78,600

Median gross rent

$419$627

Dumas

Population

512358

Median household income

$40,625$57,000

Median home value

$87,100$101,300

Median gross rent

$719$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mountain	Dumas
Under 5	5.1%	1.4%
5 to 17	10.4%	15.6%
18 to 24	32.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	22.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	4.4%	6.4%
75 and over	1.7%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mountain	Dumas
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	99.7%
Black or African American	20.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mountain	Dumas
No high school diploma	22.1%	13.5%
High school graduate	48.3%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mountain	Dumas
Drove alone	64.9%	84.8%
Carpooled	22.6%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	4.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mountain	Dumas
1-unit, detached	74.3%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mountain	Dumas
Poverty rate	15.1%	12.1%
Average household size	2.90	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1977	1992