Dime Box vs Giddings

A side-by-side comparison of Dime Box and Giddings: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Giddings has the higher population (5,085 vs 199 in Dime Box). Dime Box has the higher median household income ($60,417 vs $51,397 in Giddings). Giddings has the higher median home value ($192,800 vs $135,700 in Dime Box).

Population, income & housing

	Dime Box	Giddings
Population	199	5,085
Median age	59.1 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,417	$51,397
Median home value	$135,700	$192,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,139
Housing units	111	2,079
Homeownership rate	91.8%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dime Box	Giddings
Population	282 → 199 (-29.4%)	5,055 → 5,085 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$63,875 → $60,417 (-5.4%)	$44,000 → $51,397 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$275,000 → $135,700 (-50.7%)	$111,300 → $192,800 (+73.2%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $693 (+10.4%)	$888 → $1,139 (+28.3%)

Dime Box

Population

282199

Median household income

$63,875$60,417

Median home value

$275,000$135,700

Median gross rent

$628$693

Giddings

Population

5,0555,085

Median household income

$44,000$51,397

Median home value

$111,300$192,800

Median gross rent

$888$1,139

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dime Box	Giddings
Under 5	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	11.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	5.5%	17.9%
35 to 44	21.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	1.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	33.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	22.6%	10.8%
75 and over	4.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dime Box	Giddings
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	34.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	47.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dime Box	Giddings
No high school diploma	2.8%	22.9%
High school graduate	63.3%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dime Box	Giddings
Drove alone	100.0%	75.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dime Box	Giddings
1-unit, detached	75.7%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Dime Box	Giddings
Poverty rate	10.6%	15.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1995	1985