Drum Point vs Dunkirk

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

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

Drum Point has the higher population (3,219 vs 2,319 in Dunkirk). Dunkirk has the higher median household income ($166,471 vs $133,059 in Drum Point). Dunkirk has the higher median home value ($557,700 vs $383,200 in Drum Point).

Population, income & housing

	Drum Point	Dunkirk
Population	3,219	2,319
Median age	37.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$133,059	$166,471
Median home value	$383,200	$557,700
Median gross rent	$1,714	—
Housing units	1,290	829
Homeownership rate	90.6%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	51.3%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drum Point	Dunkirk
Population	2,227 → 3,219 (+44.5%)	2,638 → 2,319 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$89,155 → $133,059 (+49.2%)	$137,685 → $166,471 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$268,200 → $383,200 (+42.9%)	$434,100 → $557,700 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,825 → $1,714 (-6.1%)	—

Drum Point

Population

2,2273,219

Median household income

$89,155$133,059

Median home value

$268,200$383,200

Median gross rent

$1,825$1,714

Dunkirk

Population

2,6382,319

Median household income

$137,685$166,471

Median home value

$434,100$557,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drum Point	Dunkirk
Under 5	3.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	10.6%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.2%	15.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	16.1%
55 to 64	17.4%	17.0%
65 to 74	7.0%	9.3%
75 and over	8.2%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drum Point	Dunkirk
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	79.5%
Black or African American	5.5%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	1.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drum Point	Dunkirk
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	33.5%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	37.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drum Point	Dunkirk
Drove alone	70.5%	82.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drum Point	Dunkirk
1-unit, detached	99.1%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Drum Point	Dunkirk
Poverty rate	11.6%	0.6%
Average household size	2.92	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	45	34
Median year structure built	1990	1985