Dunkirk vs Salamonia

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

Dunkirk and Salamonia 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 199 in Salamonia). Salamonia has the higher median household income ($58,958 vs $46,250 in Dunkirk). Salamonia has the higher median home value ($95,600 vs $65,000 in Dunkirk).

Population, income & housing

	Dunkirk	Salamonia
Population	1,760	199
Median age	47.6 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$58,958
Median home value	$65,000	$95,600
Median gross rent	$807	$1,100
Housing units	1,038	75
Homeownership rate	76.7%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunkirk	Salamonia
Population	2,022 → 1,760 (-13.0%)	147 → 199 (+35.4%)
Median household income	$39,196 → $46,250 (+18.0%)	$44,500 → $58,958 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$63,500 → $65,000 (+2.4%)	$53,800 → $95,600 (+77.7%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $807 (+16.8%)	$625 → $1,100 (+76.0%)

Dunkirk

Population

2,0221,760

Median household income

$39,196$46,250

Median home value

$63,500$65,000

Median gross rent

$691$807

Salamonia

Population

147199

Median household income

$44,500$58,958

Median home value

$53,800$95,600

Median gross rent

$625$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunkirk	Salamonia
Under 5	4.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	26.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	17.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	3.5%
55 to 64	17.9%	18.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.6%
75 and over	8.0%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunkirk	Salamonia
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	85.4%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunkirk	Salamonia
No high school diploma	10.8%	2.3%
High school graduate	56.8%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunkirk	Salamonia
Drove alone	87.8%	77.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	7.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunkirk	Salamonia
1-unit, detached	87.8%	98.7%
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%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Dunkirk	Salamonia
Poverty rate	18.5%	14.1%
Average household size	2.15	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1952	1971