Dumas vs Ripley

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

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

Ripley has the higher population (5,415 vs 358 in Dumas). Dumas has the higher median household income ($57,000 vs $56,641 in Ripley). Ripley has the higher median home value ($132,500 vs $101,300 in Dumas).

Population, income & housing

	Dumas	Ripley
Population	358	5,415
Median age	43.0 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,000	$56,641
Median home value	$101,300	$132,500
Median gross rent	$675	$683
Housing units	165	2,558
Homeownership rate	88.6%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dumas	Ripley
Population	512 → 358 (-30.1%)	5,290 → 5,415 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $57,000 (+40.3%)	$41,238 → $56,641 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $101,300 (+16.3%)	$116,000 → $132,500 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $675 (-6.1%)	$599 → $683 (+14.0%)

Dumas

Population

512358

Median household income

$40,625$57,000

Median home value

$87,100$101,300

Median gross rent

$719$675

Ripley

Population

5,2905,415

Median household income

$41,238$56,641

Median home value

$116,000$132,500

Median gross rent

$599$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dumas	Ripley
Under 5	1.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	22.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	8.2%
65 to 74	6.4%	11.9%
75 and over	4.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dumas	Ripley
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	60.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	19.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dumas	Ripley
No high school diploma	13.5%	24.1%
High school graduate	35.3%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dumas	Ripley
Drove alone	84.8%	91.9%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dumas	Ripley
1-unit, detached	70.3%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	29.7%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Dumas	Ripley
Poverty rate	12.1%	17.5%
Average household size	2.56	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1992	1979