Dunkirk vs Pennville

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

Dunkirk and Pennville 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 666 in Pennville). Dunkirk has the higher median household income ($46,250 vs $36,607 in Pennville). Pennville has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $65,000 in Dunkirk).

Population, income & housing

	Dunkirk	Pennville
Population	1,760	666
Median age	47.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$36,607
Median home value	$65,000	$75,000
Median gross rent	$807	$675
Housing units	1,038	312
Homeownership rate	76.7%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunkirk	Pennville
Population	2,022 → 1,760 (-13.0%)	724 → 666 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$39,196 → $46,250 (+18.0%)	$42,250 → $36,607 (-13.4%)
Median home value	$63,500 → $65,000 (+2.4%)	$64,400 → $75,000 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $807 (+16.8%)	$564 → $675 (+19.7%)

Dunkirk

Population

2,0221,760

Median household income

$39,196$46,250

Median home value

$63,500$65,000

Median gross rent

$691$807

Pennville

Population

724666

Median household income

$42,250$36,607

Median home value

$64,400$75,000

Median gross rent

$564$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunkirk	Pennville
Under 5	4.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	13.5%	21.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.5%
35 to 44	9.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	17.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	12.8%	7.4%
75 and over	8.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunkirk	Pennville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	12.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunkirk	Pennville
No high school diploma	10.8%	14.7%
High school graduate	56.8%	56.9%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunkirk	Pennville
Drove alone	87.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.0%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	1.1%
Other means	1.7%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunkirk	Pennville
1-unit, detached	87.8%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Dunkirk	Pennville
Poverty rate	18.5%	25.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1952	1959