Lake Dunlap vs Staples

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Dunlap and Staples: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Dunlap has the higher population (1,230 vs 303 in Staples). Staples has the higher median household income ($79,464 vs $73,056 in Lake Dunlap). Staples has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $202,600 in Lake Dunlap).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Dunlap	Staples
Population	1,230	303
Median age	41.7 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,056	$79,464
Median home value	$202,600	$225,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,375
Housing units	751	125
Homeownership rate	94.8%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Dunlap	Staples
Population	1,899 → 1,230 (-35.2%)	230 → 303 (+31.7%)
Median household income	$70,038 → $73,056 (+4.3%)	$71,923 → $79,464 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$163,100 → $202,600 (+24.2%)	$169,500 → $225,000 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$889 → $1,078 (+21.3%)	$1,225 → $1,375 (+12.2%)

Lake Dunlap

Population

1,8991,230

Median household income

$70,038$73,056

Median home value

$163,100$202,600

Median gross rent

$889$1,078

Staples

Population

230303

Median household income

$71,923$79,464

Median home value

$169,500$225,000

Median gross rent

$1,225$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Dunlap	Staples
Under 5	4.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	13.2%
25 to 34	6.5%	8.9%
35 to 44	25.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.6%
75 and over	6.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Dunlap	Staples
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	45.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	23.1%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	29.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Dunlap	Staples
No high school diploma	17.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	32.4%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Dunlap	Staples
Drove alone	75.4%	64.2%
Carpooled	2.9%	24.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Dunlap	Staples
1-unit, detached	69.4%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.6%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Dunlap	Staples
Poverty rate	14.3%	0.7%
Average household size	2.46	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	29	36
Median year structure built	1981	1981