Dunkirk vs Long Beach

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

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

Dunkirk has the higher population (2,319 vs 1,981 in Long Beach). Dunkirk has the higher median household income ($166,471 vs $137,969 in Long Beach). Dunkirk has the higher median home value ($557,700 vs $391,300 in Long Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Dunkirk	Long Beach
Population	2,319	1,981
Median age	41.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$166,471	$137,969
Median home value	$557,700	$391,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,590
Housing units	829	774
Homeownership rate	98.8%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunkirk	Long Beach
Population	2,638 → 2,319 (-12.1%)	2,143 → 1,981 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$137,685 → $166,471 (+20.9%)	$115,750 → $137,969 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$434,100 → $557,700 (+28.5%)	$277,200 → $391,300 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,531 → $1,590 (+3.9%)

Dunkirk

Population

2,6382,319

Median household income

$137,685$166,471

Median home value

$434,100$557,700

Long Beach

Population

2,1431,981

Median household income

$115,750$137,969

Median home value

$277,200$391,300

Median gross rent

$1,531$1,590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunkirk	Long Beach
Under 5	3.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	22.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	6.2%
45 to 54	16.1%	14.6%
55 to 64	17.0%	19.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.9%
75 and over	3.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunkirk	Long Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	92.2%
Black or African American	4.9%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunkirk	Long Beach
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.5%
High school graduate	22.9%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunkirk	Long Beach
Drove alone	82.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	2.6%
Public transit	2.3%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	17.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunkirk	Long Beach
1-unit, detached	91.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
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	6.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dunkirk	Long Beach
Poverty rate	0.6%	0.3%
Average household size	2.99	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1985	1985