Dunkirk vs Fairview

A side-by-side comparison of Dunkirk and Fairview: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dunkirk has the higher population (1,760 vs 156 in Fairview). Dunkirk has the higher median home value ($65,000 vs $9,999 in Fairview). Since 2019, Fairview's population has grown faster (+88.0% vs -13.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Dunkirk	Fairview
Population	1,760	156
Median age	47.6 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	—
Median home value	$65,000	$9,999
Median gross rent	$807	—
Housing units	1,038	83
Homeownership rate	76.7%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunkirk	Fairview
Population	2,022 → 1,760 (-13.0%)	83 → 156 (+88.0%)
Median household income	$39,196 → $46,250 (+18.0%)	—
Median home value	$63,500 → $65,000 (+2.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$691 → $807 (+16.8%)	—

Dunkirk

Population

2,0221,760

Median household income

$39,196$46,250

Median home value

$63,500$65,000

Median gross rent

$691$807

Fairview

Population

83156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunkirk	Fairview
Under 5	4.8%	9.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	5.8%
35 to 44	9.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	17.9%	55.1%
65 to 74	12.8%	7.1%
75 and over	8.0%	23.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunkirk	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunkirk	Fairview
No high school diploma	10.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	56.8%	57.0%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunkirk	Fairview
Drove alone	87.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunkirk	Fairview
1-unit, detached	87.8%	32.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	67.5%

Poverty & households

	Dunkirk	Fairview
Poverty rate	18.5%	32.4%
Average household size	2.15	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1952	1977