Dumas vs Sunray

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

Dumas and Sunray 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 2,771 in Sunray). Sunray has the higher median household income ($64,104 vs $62,129 in Dumas). Dumas has the higher median home value ($151,400 vs $130,100 in Sunray).

Population, income & housing

	Dumas	Sunray
Population	14,362	2,771
Median age	29.3 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,129	$64,104
Median home value	$151,400	$130,100
Median gross rent	$1,029	$931
Housing units	5,638	1,186
Homeownership rate	61.7%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dumas	Sunray
Population	14,222 → 14,362 (+1.0%)	2,064 → 2,771 (+34.3%)
Median household income	$57,117 → $62,129 (+8.8%)	$46,891 → $64,104 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$132,100 → $151,400 (+14.6%)	$85,900 → $130,100 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$862 → $1,029 (+19.4%)	$764 → $931 (+21.9%)

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

Sunray

Population

2,0642,771

Median household income

$46,891$64,104

Median home value

$85,900$130,100

Median gross rent

$764$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dumas	Sunray
Under 5	8.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	23.3%	20.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	8.0%	15.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	17.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	5.1%
75 and over	5.3%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dumas	Sunray
White (non-Hispanic)	28.5%	38.8%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	59.1%	59.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dumas	Sunray
No high school diploma	22.9%	33.0%
High school graduate	39.1%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dumas	Sunray
Drove alone	84.6%	88.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	5.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	6.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dumas	Sunray
1-unit, detached	75.5%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.1%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Dumas	Sunray
Poverty rate	16.6%	10.9%
Average household size	2.84	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1972	1971