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Dunkirk, IN

1,760 Population
1.2 square miles 1,497.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.6 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jay County: 39.6 ±1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$25,250 ±$2,734 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jay County: $27,105 ±$1,269
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$46,250 ±$12,868 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jay County: $54,114 ±$4,043
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

18.5% ±5.9% (325  ±113) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jay County: 13.2% † 2,639 (±2.6% / ±521)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

27.6 minutes ±4 (19,210  ±5,097) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Jay County: 22 174,445 (±1.8 / ±16,104)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

818 ±123 Number of households
  • Jay County: 7,959 ±206
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.2 ±0.5 (1,760  ±250) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jay County: 2.5 20,019 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

2.8% ±2.9% (11  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Jay County: 10.2% † 434 (±2.5% / ±107)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

1,038 ±140 Number of housing units
  • Jay County: 8,908 ±26
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$65,000 ±$11,211 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Jay County: $110,100 ±$5,331
  • about one-third of the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

11.9% ±5.4% (207  ±98.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Jay County: 12.4% † 2,483 (±2.9% / ±569)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

89.3% ±17.9% (1,154  ±158.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jay County: 86.9% 11,661 (±4.1% / ±551.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
6.9% ±3.3% (89  ±44.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Jay County: 12.7% † 1,703 (±1.8% / ±242.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.7% ±0.9% (13  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jay County: 1.2% 247
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

6% ±2.8% (86  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jay County: 7.1% † 1,076 (±1.3% / ±189)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
86 Total veterans ±43 78 Male ±44 8 Female ±7

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