Dyer vs Humboldt

A side-by-side comparison of Dyer and Humboldt: population, income, housing, and more.

Dyer and Humboldt are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Humboldt has the higher population (7,799 vs 2,334 in Dyer). Dyer has the higher median household income ($50,962 vs $42,873 in Humboldt). Dyer has the higher median home value ($117,600 vs $111,300 in Humboldt).

Population, income & housing

	Dyer	Humboldt
Population	2,334	7,799
Median age	33.4 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,962	$42,873
Median home value	$117,600	$111,300
Median gross rent	$810	$757
Housing units	952	3,953
Homeownership rate	63.8%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dyer	Humboldt
Population	2,791 → 2,334 (-16.4%)	8,169 → 7,799 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$35,733 → $50,962 (+42.6%)	$31,165 → $42,873 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $117,600 (+50.0%)	$81,900 → $111,300 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $810 (+22.9%)	$684 → $757 (+10.7%)

Dyer

Population

2,7912,334

Median household income

$35,733$50,962

Median home value

$78,400$117,600

Median gross rent

$659$810

Humboldt

Population

8,1697,799

Median household income

$31,165$42,873

Median home value

$81,900$111,300

Median gross rent

$684$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dyer	Humboldt
Under 5	13.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	19.6%	15.8%
18 to 24	12.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	6.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	15.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	14.3%
75 and over	8.2%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dyer	Humboldt
White (non-Hispanic)	71.2%	46.8%
Black or African American	18.2%	37.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.2%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dyer	Humboldt
No high school diploma	8.8%	17.5%
High school graduate	44.9%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dyer	Humboldt
Drove alone	86.4%	80.1%
Carpooled	11.8%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dyer	Humboldt
1-unit, detached	81.7%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Dyer	Humboldt
Poverty rate	19.7%	17.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	31	18
Median year structure built	1967	1971