Blooming Grove vs Dawson

A side-by-side comparison of Blooming Grove and Dawson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dawson has the higher population (1,324 vs 779 in Blooming Grove). Blooming Grove has the higher median household income ($67,143 vs $57,596 in Dawson). Dawson has the higher median home value ($125,400 vs $104,500 in Blooming Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Blooming Grove	Dawson
Population	779	1,324
Median age	37.0 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,143	$57,596
Median home value	$104,500	$125,400
Median gross rent	$1,105	$711
Housing units	377	542
Homeownership rate	69.1%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blooming Grove	Dawson
Population	823 → 779 (-5.3%)	767 → 1,324 (+72.6%)
Median household income	$49,000 → $67,143 (+37.0%)	$33,250 → $57,596 (+73.2%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $104,500 (+33.5%)	$75,000 → $125,400 (+67.2%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,105 (+28.9%)	$433 → $711 (+64.2%)

Blooming Grove

Population

823779

Median household income

$49,000$67,143

Median home value

$78,300$104,500

Median gross rent

$857$1,105

Dawson

Population

7671,324

Median household income

$33,250$57,596

Median home value

$75,000$125,400

Median gross rent

$433$711

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blooming Grove	Dawson
Under 5	10.0%	11.9%
5 to 17	14.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	11.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	15.0%	15.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	5.4%
75 and over	7.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blooming Grove	Dawson
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	75.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blooming Grove	Dawson
No high school diploma	15.6%	9.6%
High school graduate	28.6%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blooming Grove	Dawson
Drove alone	69.5%	79.3%
Carpooled	11.1%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blooming Grove	Dawson
1-unit, detached	85.9%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Blooming Grove	Dawson
Poverty rate	11.9%	18.4%
Average household size	2.70	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1963	1965