Cactus vs Dumas

A side-by-side comparison of Cactus and Dumas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dumas has the higher population (14,362 vs 3,063 in Cactus). Dumas has the higher median household income ($62,129 vs $49,125 in Cactus). Dumas has the higher median home value ($151,400 vs $61,300 in Cactus).

Population, income & housing

	Cactus	Dumas
Population	3,063	14,362
Median age	30.1 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,125	$62,129
Median home value	$61,300	$151,400
Median gross rent	$725	$1,029
Housing units	990	5,638
Homeownership rate	44.2%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.3%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cactus	Dumas
Population	3,245 → 3,063 (-5.6%)	14,222 → 14,362 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $49,125 (+21.5%)	$57,117 → $62,129 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$52,000 → $61,300 (+17.9%)	$132,100 → $151,400 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $725 (+8.2%)	$862 → $1,029 (+19.4%)

Cactus

Population

3,2453,063

Median household income

$40,417$49,125

Median home value

$52,000$61,300

Median gross rent

$670$725

Dumas

Population

14,22214,362

Median household income

$57,117$62,129

Median home value

$132,100$151,400

Median gross rent

$862$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cactus	Dumas
Under 5	12.6%	8.2%
5 to 17	21.8%	23.3%
18 to 24	12.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	18.5%	8.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	4.7%	7.3%
75 and over	0.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cactus	Dumas
White (non-Hispanic)	3.9%	28.5%
Black or African American	7.9%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	6.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	81.1%	59.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cactus	Dumas
No high school diploma	73.7%	22.9%
High school graduate	16.7%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	8.4%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.6%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cactus	Dumas
Drove alone	86.8%	84.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.2%
Walked	3.7%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cactus	Dumas
1-unit, detached	11.0%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	21.7%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	49.6%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Cactus	Dumas
Poverty rate	17.9%	16.6%
Average household size	3.47	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	1994	1972