The population of Dike is a little bit on the smaller side compared to other Texas cities. The city has a population of about nine hundred and eighty people. Of those, twelve hundred and eighty-one are males and one hundred and thirty-one are females. The median age of the population is 36.4 and 37.1 respectively, and there are approximately four hundred and seventy-three deaths each year. The population of Dike is mainly made up of single-family attached housing (town homes and row houses). There are also approximately 200 apartment units and two-family detached dwellings.
The population of Dike City was spread out in terms of age and gender. Twenty-five percent of the population was under eighteen, while nine percent were between twenty-five and twenty-four. Twenty-four percent of residents were forty-five to sixty-four years old, while 19.7% were sixty-five years old or older. The median age was 37 years old, and the gender distribution was overwhelmingly male. One hundred females were enrolled in school, while one hundred males attended school.