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Dunkirk, NY

12,597 Population
4.5 square miles 2,771.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±2.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 42.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$27,848 ±$2,251 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: $31,951 ±$817
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$49,003 ±$6,541 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: $56,507 ±$1,981
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

24.9% ±4.3% (3,105  ±533) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 17% 20,703 (±1.2% / ±1,460)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

17.4 minutes ±3.9 (88,345  ±21,169) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 19.3 951,755 (±0.6 / ±39,533)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

5,777 ±303 Number of households
  • the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 53,602 ±620
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.1 (12,428  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 2.3 121,364 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

7.6% ±5.2% (190  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 5.8% † 1,521 (±1% / ±257)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

6,299 ±336 Number of housing units
  • the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 66,328 ±146
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$91,200 ±$4,911 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: $119,300 ±$2,896
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

6.8% ±2.2% (848  ±274.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 10.4% 13,039 (±0.9% / ±1,120.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

87.4% ±6.1% (8,114  ±612.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 90% 79,651 (±1.9% / ±1,723.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
15.4% ±2.6% (1,434  ±242.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 25.1% 22,218 (±1.1% / ±981.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

3.9% ±1.9% (494  ±243) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 2.4% 3,004
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

8.4% ±2.3% (859  ±235) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 7.6% 7,594 (±0.5% / ±517)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
859 Total veterans ±235 854 Male ±235 5 Female ±10

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