Dunkirk vs Solomons

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

Dunkirk and Solomons 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 2,180 in Solomons). Dunkirk has the higher median household income ($166,471 vs $89,205 in Solomons). Dunkirk has the higher median home value ($557,700 vs $455,000 in Solomons).

Population, income & housing

	Dunkirk	Solomons
Population	2,319	2,180
Median age	41.8 yrs	66.4 yrs
Median household income	$166,471	$89,205
Median home value	$557,700	$455,000
Median gross rent	—	$2,920
Housing units	829	1,299
Homeownership rate	98.8%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunkirk	Solomons
Population	2,638 → 2,319 (-12.1%)	2,132 → 2,180 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$137,685 → $166,471 (+20.9%)	$95,481 → $89,205 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$434,100 → $557,700 (+28.5%)	$391,000 → $455,000 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,296 → $2,920 (+27.2%)

Dunkirk

Population

2,6382,319

Median household income

$137,685$166,471

Median home value

$434,100$557,700

Solomons

Population

2,1322,180

Median household income

$95,481$89,205

Median home value

$391,000$455,000

Median gross rent

$2,296$2,920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunkirk	Solomons
Under 5	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	3.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	1.7%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	5.6%
45 to 54	16.1%	8.4%
55 to 64	17.0%	18.7%
65 to 74	9.3%	18.8%
75 and over	3.7%	33.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunkirk	Solomons
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	83.6%
Black or African American	4.9%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunkirk	Solomons
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	22.9%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunkirk	Solomons
Drove alone	82.0%	56.4%
Carpooled	3.7%	3.9%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	38.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunkirk	Solomons
1-unit, detached	91.8%	26.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	34.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	25.7%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dunkirk	Solomons
Poverty rate	0.6%	0.6%
Average household size	2.99	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1985	1999