Dunkirk vs Fredonia

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

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

Dunkirk has the higher population (12,597 vs 9,601 in Fredonia). Dunkirk has the higher median household income ($49,003 vs $47,694 in Fredonia). Fredonia has the higher median home value ($184,400 vs $91,200 in Dunkirk).

Population, income & housing

	Dunkirk	Fredonia
Population	12,597	9,601
Median age	43.1 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,003	$47,694
Median home value	$91,200	$184,400
Median gross rent	$905	$866
Housing units	6,299	4,358
Homeownership rate	58.4%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunkirk	Fredonia
Population	11,865 → 12,597 (+6.2%)	10,464 → 9,601 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$35,146 → $49,003 (+39.4%)	$49,071 → $47,694 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$67,300 → $91,200 (+35.5%)	$130,700 → $184,400 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $905 (+36.5%)	$742 → $866 (+16.7%)

Dunkirk

Population

11,86512,597

Median household income

$35,146$49,003

Median home value

$67,300$91,200

Median gross rent

$663$905

Fredonia

Population

10,4649,601

Median household income

$49,071$47,694

Median home value

$130,700$184,400

Median gross rent

$742$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunkirk	Fredonia
Under 5	4.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	10.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	30.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	6.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	8.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	8.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	13.6%
75 and over	6.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunkirk	Fredonia
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	81.7%
Black or African American	3.8%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	33.2%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunkirk	Fredonia
No high school diploma	12.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	37.9%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	22.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunkirk	Fredonia
Drove alone	81.3%	69.6%
Carpooled	9.3%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.7%	10.3%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.7%	8.3%
Other means	1.6%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunkirk	Fredonia
1-unit, detached	66.4%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	8.8%
20 or more units	5.6%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Dunkirk	Fredonia
Poverty rate	24.9%	24.0%
Average household size	2.15	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1942	1951