Dunkirk vs Portland

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

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

Portland has the higher population (6,341 vs 1,760 in Dunkirk). Dunkirk has the higher median household income ($46,250 vs $45,431 in Portland). Portland has the higher median home value ($90,600 vs $65,000 in Dunkirk).

Population, income & housing

	Dunkirk	Portland
Population	1,760	6,341
Median age	47.6 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$45,431
Median home value	$65,000	$90,600
Median gross rent	$807	$722
Housing units	1,038	3,069
Homeownership rate	76.7%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunkirk	Portland
Population	2,022 → 1,760 (-13.0%)	5,886 → 6,341 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$39,196 → $46,250 (+18.0%)	$38,281 → $45,431 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$63,500 → $65,000 (+2.4%)	$71,100 → $90,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $807 (+16.8%)	$660 → $722 (+9.4%)

Dunkirk

Population

2,0221,760

Median household income

$39,196$46,250

Median home value

$63,500$65,000

Median gross rent

$691$807

Portland

Population

5,8866,341

Median household income

$38,281$45,431

Median home value

$71,100$90,600

Median gross rent

$660$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunkirk	Portland
Under 5	4.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.5%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	17.9%	9.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.3%
75 and over	8.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunkirk	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunkirk	Portland
No high school diploma	10.8%	16.6%
High school graduate	56.8%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunkirk	Portland
Drove alone	87.8%	80.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.3%	3.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunkirk	Portland
1-unit, detached	87.8%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.6%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Dunkirk	Portland
Poverty rate	18.5%	16.7%
Average household size	2.15	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1952	1951