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Dunkirk, IN

1,861 Population
1.2 square miles 1,583.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jay County: 39.5 ±1.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,721 ±$2,616 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jay County: $27,634 ±$1,321
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,339 ±$12,410 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jay County: $54,969 ±$3,017
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.6% ±5.3% (420  ±124) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jay County: 14.4% † 2,869 (±2.8% / ±562)
  • nearly double the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.7 minutes ±4.3 (22,370  ±6,046) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Jay County: 22.5 177,520 (±1.8 / ±16,608)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

815 ±144 Number of households
  • Jay County: 7,807 ±249
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (1,861  ±340) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jay County: 2.6 19,967 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.1% ±3.2% (14  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Jay County: 9% † 378 (±2.1% / ±88)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

977 ±162 Number of housing units
  • Jay County: 8,904 ±29
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$81,100 ±$18,534 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jay County: $117,500 ±$7,058
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.6% ±5.1% (233  ±103.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jay County: 11.5% † 2,287 (±2.6% / ±511.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.1% ±20% (1,166  ±167.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jay County: 86% 11,510 (±4% / ±546.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
6.9% ±3.3% (90  ±45.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Jay County: 13.3% † 1,784 (±1.8% / ±241.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.1% ±1.4% (21  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Jay County: 1.1% 220
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±2.6% (69  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jay County: 6% † 907 (±1.1% / ±167)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
69 Total veterans ±40 62 Male ±38 7 Female ±11

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