Bessemer City vs Dallas

A side-by-side comparison of Bessemer City and Dallas: population, income, housing, and more.

Bessemer City and Dallas are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dallas has the higher population (6,012 vs 5,508 in Bessemer City). Dallas has the higher median household income ($57,755 vs $48,784 in Bessemer City). Dallas has the higher median home value ($221,700 vs $173,000 in Bessemer City).

Population, income & housing

	Bessemer City	Dallas
Population	5,508	6,012
Median age	34.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,784	$57,755
Median home value	$173,000	$221,700
Median gross rent	$942	$794
Housing units	2,397	2,396
Homeownership rate	55.9%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bessemer City	Dallas
Population	5,471 → 5,508 (+0.7%)	4,696 → 6,012 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$40,714 → $48,784 (+19.8%)	$42,606 → $57,755 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$109,100 → $173,000 (+58.6%)	$135,000 → $221,700 (+64.2%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $942 (+22.0%)	$723 → $794 (+9.8%)

Bessemer City

Population

5,4715,508

Median household income

$40,714$48,784

Median home value

$109,100$173,000

Median gross rent

$772$942

Dallas

Population

4,6966,012

Median household income

$42,606$57,755

Median home value

$135,000$221,700

Median gross rent

$723$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bessemer City	Dallas
Under 5	6.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.3%
25 to 34	19.7%	8.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	20.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.2%
75 and over	6.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bessemer City	Dallas
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	46.9%
Black or African American	11.0%	31.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bessemer City	Dallas
No high school diploma	18.0%	15.3%
High school graduate	36.8%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bessemer City	Dallas
Drove alone	78.8%	84.5%
Carpooled	15.5%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	3.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bessemer City	Dallas
1-unit, detached	74.8%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	13.1%
20 or more units	4.4%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Bessemer City	Dallas
Poverty rate	16.3%	8.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1970	1997