Dawson vs Retreat

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

Dawson and Retreat 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 654 in Retreat). Retreat has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $57,596 in Dawson). Retreat has the higher median home value ($184,500 vs $125,400 in Dawson).

Population, income & housing

	Dawson	Retreat
Population	1,324	654
Median age	35.3 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,596	$86,667
Median home value	$125,400	$184,500
Median gross rent	$711	$1,583
Housing units	542	231
Homeownership rate	57.3%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dawson	Retreat
Population	767 → 1,324 (+72.6%)	459 → 654 (+42.5%)
Median household income	$33,250 → $57,596 (+73.2%)	$57,813 → $86,667 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $125,400 (+67.2%)	$128,100 → $184,500 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$433 → $711 (+64.2%)	$1,094 → $1,583 (+44.7%)

Dawson

Population

7671,324

Median household income

$33,250$57,596

Median home value

$75,000$125,400

Median gross rent

$433$711

Retreat

Population

459654

Median household income

$57,813$86,667

Median home value

$128,100$184,500

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dawson	Retreat
Under 5	11.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	14.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	8.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	19.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	18.2%
65 to 74	5.4%	4.1%
75 and over	8.3%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dawson	Retreat
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	56.7%
Black or African American	13.3%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	39.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dawson	Retreat
No high school diploma	9.6%	23.5%
High school graduate	39.8%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dawson	Retreat
Drove alone	79.3%	86.0%
Carpooled	3.6%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	3.4%
Other means	0.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dawson	Retreat
1-unit, detached	73.2%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Dawson	Retreat
Poverty rate	18.4%	4.3%
Average household size	2.69	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	38	20
Median year structure built	1965	1991