Dallas vs Stanley

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

Dallas and Stanley 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 4,014 in Stanley). Stanley has the higher median household income ($71,333 vs $57,755 in Dallas). Stanley has the higher median home value ($229,000 vs $221,700 in Dallas).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas	Stanley
Population	6,012	4,014
Median age	38.8 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,755	$71,333
Median home value	$221,700	$229,000
Median gross rent	$794	$1,142
Housing units	2,396	1,578
Homeownership rate	60.1%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas	Stanley
Population	4,696 → 6,012 (+28.0%)	3,679 → 4,014 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$42,606 → $57,755 (+35.6%)	$55,733 → $71,333 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$135,000 → $221,700 (+64.2%)	$141,100 → $229,000 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $794 (+9.8%)	$820 → $1,142 (+39.3%)

Dallas

Population

4,6966,012

Median household income

$42,606$57,755

Median home value

$135,000$221,700

Median gross rent

$723$794

Stanley

Population

3,6794,014

Median household income

$55,733$71,333

Median home value

$141,100$229,000

Median gross rent

$820$1,142

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallas	Stanley
Under 5	5.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.7%	16.6%
35 to 44	20.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.3%
75 and over	4.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas	Stanley
White (non-Hispanic)	46.9%	79.2%
Black or African American	31.3%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas	Stanley
No high school diploma	15.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	24.1%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas	Stanley
Drove alone	84.5%	78.0%
Carpooled	10.7%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	11.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas	Stanley
1-unit, detached	70.5%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dallas	Stanley
Poverty rate	8.8%	6.6%
Average household size	2.81	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1997	1977