Dunlap vs Elkhart

A side-by-side comparison of Dunlap and Elkhart: population, income, housing, and more.

Dunlap and Elkhart are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elkhart has the higher population (53,726 vs 6,602 in Dunlap). Dunlap has the higher median household income ($86,641 vs $47,885 in Elkhart). Dunlap has the higher median home value ($208,400 vs $126,900 in Elkhart).

Population, income & housing

	Dunlap	Elkhart
Population	6,602	53,726
Median age	37.3 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$86,641	$47,885
Median home value	$208,400	$126,900
Median gross rent	$1,143	$981
Housing units	2,150	25,263
Homeownership rate	95.8%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunlap	Elkhart
Population	6,667 → 6,602 (-1.0%)	52,257 → 53,726 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$74,000 → $86,641 (+17.1%)	$40,750 → $47,885 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$143,600 → $208,400 (+45.1%)	$95,900 → $126,900 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $1,143 (+55.1%)	$790 → $981 (+24.2%)

Dunlap

Population

6,6676,602

Median household income

$74,000$86,641

Median home value

$143,600$208,400

Median gross rent

$737$1,143

Elkhart

Population

52,25753,726

Median household income

$40,750$47,885

Median home value

$95,900$126,900

Median gross rent

$790$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunlap	Elkhart
Under 5	6.5%	8.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.9%
75 and over	8.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunlap	Elkhart
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	55.6%
Black or African American	5.0%	12.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunlap	Elkhart
No high school diploma	15.6%	18.2%
High school graduate	30.4%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunlap	Elkhart
Drove alone	79.2%	75.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	2.2%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.9%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunlap	Elkhart
1-unit, detached	95.9%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Dunlap	Elkhart
Poverty rate	8.2%	18.8%
Average household size	3.34	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1977	1967