Bacliff vs Dickinson

A side-by-side comparison of Bacliff and Dickinson: population, income, housing, and more.

Bacliff and Dickinson are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dickinson has the higher population (21,612 vs 9,935 in Bacliff). Dickinson has the higher median household income ($82,018 vs $54,806 in Bacliff). Dickinson has the higher median home value ($244,500 vs $168,000 in Bacliff).

Population, income & housing

	Bacliff	Dickinson
Population	9,935	21,612
Median age	34.4 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,806	$82,018
Median home value	$168,000	$244,500
Median gross rent	$1,169	$1,235
Housing units	3,950	8,516
Homeownership rate	61.5%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bacliff	Dickinson
Population	10,856 → 9,935 (-8.5%)	20,754 → 21,612 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$46,063 → $54,806 (+19.0%)	$66,875 → $82,018 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $168,000 (+31.1%)	$159,300 → $244,500 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $1,169 (+26.4%)	$938 → $1,235 (+31.7%)

Bacliff

Population

10,8569,935

Median household income

$46,063$54,806

Median home value

$128,100$168,000

Median gross rent

$925$1,169

Dickinson

Population

20,75421,612

Median household income

$66,875$82,018

Median home value

$159,300$244,500

Median gross rent

$938$1,235

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bacliff	Dickinson
Under 5	4.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	24.1%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.5%	14.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	4.7%	8.1%
75 and over	2.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bacliff	Dickinson
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	44.5%
Black or African American	7.5%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	45.6%	41.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bacliff	Dickinson
No high school diploma	21.9%	16.0%
High school graduate	23.1%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bacliff	Dickinson
Drove alone	77.5%	78.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	6.3%	7.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bacliff	Dickinson
1-unit, detached	66.4%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	6.2%
20 or more units	1.6%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Bacliff	Dickinson
Poverty rate	28.0%	14.8%
Average household size	2.68	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1990	1984