Carter vs Dennis

A side-by-side comparison of Carter and Dennis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carter has the higher population (1,642 vs 1,290 in Dennis). Dennis has the higher median household income ($162,558 vs $80,114 in Carter). Dennis has the higher median home value ($550,200 vs $237,300 in Carter).

Population, income & housing

	Carter	Dennis
Population	1,642	1,290
Median age	39.6 yrs	24.8 yrs
Median household income	$80,114	$162,558
Median home value	$237,300	$550,200
Median gross rent	$863	—
Housing units	579	289
Homeownership rate	87.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter	Dennis
Population	1,212 → 1,642 (+35.5%)	498 → 1,290 (+159.0%)
Median household income	$54,527 → $80,114 (+46.9%)	$203,621 → $162,558 (-20.2%)
Median home value	$120,900 → $237,300 (+96.3%)	$355,700 → $550,200 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $863 (+0.7%)	—

Carter

Population

1,2121,642

Median household income

$54,527$80,114

Median home value

$120,900$237,300

Median gross rent

$857$863

Dennis

Population

4981,290

Median household income

$203,621$162,558

Median home value

$355,700$550,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter	Dennis
Under 5	3.6%	11.5%
5 to 17	19.9%	27.8%
18 to 24	10.8%	11.6%
25 to 34	7.2%	3.1%
35 to 44	16.3%	18.5%
45 to 54	22.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	2.0%	6.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	6.2%
75 and over	4.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter	Dennis
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	89.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter	Dennis
No high school diploma	16.9%	3.0%
High school graduate	40.6%	13.9%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter	Dennis
Drove alone	88.3%	69.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	24.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter	Dennis
1-unit, detached	30.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	65.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carter	Dennis
Poverty rate	11.9%	0.0%
Average household size	3.29	4.46
Mean commute (minutes)	40	43
Median year structure built	2000	2014