Dunbar vs Tacoma

A side-by-side comparison of Dunbar and Tacoma: population, income, housing, and more.

Dunbar and Tacoma are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tacoma has the higher population (141 vs 51 in Dunbar). Tacoma has the higher median household income ($46,313 vs $14,420 in Dunbar). Since 2019, Dunbar's population has grown faster (-46.9% vs -61.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Dunbar	Tacoma
Population	51	141
Median age	73.6 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$14,420	$46,313
Median home value	—	$109,500
Housing units	43	140
Homeownership rate	34.9%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	—	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunbar	Tacoma
Population	96 → 51 (-46.9%)	365 → 141 (-61.4%)
Median household income	$14,856 → $14,420 (-2.9%)	$47,875 → $46,313 (-3.3%)
Median home value	—	$54,300 → $109,500 (+101.7%)

Dunbar

Population

9651

Median household income

$14,856$14,420

Tacoma

Population

365141

Median household income

$47,875$46,313

Median home value

$54,300$109,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunbar	Tacoma
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	22.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	23.4%
65 to 74	84.3%	13.5%
75 and over	15.7%	0.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunbar	Tacoma
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunbar	Tacoma
No high school diploma	15.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	29.4%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	54.9%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunbar	Tacoma
Drove alone	—	100.0%
Carpooled	—	0.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	0.0%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunbar	Tacoma
1-unit, detached	100.0%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	44.3%

Poverty & households

	Dunbar	Tacoma
Poverty rate	84.3%	5.0%
Average household size	1.19	2.31
Median year structure built	1938	1981