Dunkirk vs Owings

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

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

Owings has the higher population (2,475 vs 2,319 in Dunkirk). Owings has the higher median household income ($171,194 vs $166,471 in Dunkirk). Owings has the higher median home value ($592,900 vs $557,700 in Dunkirk).

Population, income & housing

	Dunkirk	Owings
Population	2,319	2,475
Median age	41.8 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$166,471	$171,194
Median home value	$557,700	$592,900
Housing units	829	1,011
Homeownership rate	98.8%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	43.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunkirk	Owings
Population	2,638 → 2,319 (-12.1%)	2,528 → 2,475 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$137,685 → $166,471 (+20.9%)	$163,250 → $171,194 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$434,100 → $557,700 (+28.5%)	$472,800 → $592,900 (+25.4%)

Dunkirk

Population

2,6382,319

Median household income

$137,685$166,471

Median home value

$434,100$557,700

Owings

Population

2,5282,475

Median household income

$163,250$171,194

Median home value

$472,800$592,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunkirk	Owings
Under 5	3.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	16.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	17.0%	23.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	6.6%
75 and over	3.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunkirk	Owings
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	78.7%
Black or African American	4.9%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunkirk	Owings
No high school diploma	3.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	22.9%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunkirk	Owings
Drove alone	82.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	3.7%	8.3%
Public transit	2.3%	4.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	8.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunkirk	Owings
1-unit, detached	91.8%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
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	Owings
Poverty rate	0.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.99	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1985	1999