Corsicana vs Dawson

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

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

Corsicana has the higher population (25,344 vs 1,324 in Dawson). Dawson has the higher median household income ($57,596 vs $51,240 in Corsicana). Corsicana has the higher median home value ($161,400 vs $125,400 in Dawson).

Population, income & housing

	Corsicana	Dawson
Population	25,344	1,324
Median age	34.5 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,240	$57,596
Median home value	$161,400	$125,400
Median gross rent	$1,038	$711
Housing units	9,834	542
Homeownership rate	55.5%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corsicana	Dawson
Population	23,746 → 25,344 (+6.7%)	767 → 1,324 (+72.6%)
Median household income	$42,352 → $51,240 (+21.0%)	$33,250 → $57,596 (+73.2%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $161,400 (+81.8%)	$75,000 → $125,400 (+67.2%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,038 (+31.2%)	$433 → $711 (+64.2%)

Corsicana

Population

23,74625,344

Median household income

$42,352$51,240

Median home value

$88,800$161,400

Median gross rent

$791$1,038

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)

	Corsicana	Dawson
Under 5	6.9%	11.9%
5 to 17	19.6%	18.8%
18 to 24	12.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	15.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	5.4%
75 and over	6.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corsicana	Dawson
White (non-Hispanic)	39.0%	75.0%
Black or African American	14.6%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	36.0%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corsicana	Dawson
No high school diploma	23.8%	9.6%
High school graduate	27.9%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corsicana	Dawson
Drove alone	80.6%	79.3%
Carpooled	12.4%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	14.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corsicana	Dawson
1-unit, detached	72.2%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.4%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Corsicana	Dawson
Poverty rate	18.3%	18.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	23	38
Median year structure built	1974	1965