Dunkirk vs Jamestown

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

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

Jamestown has the higher population (28,401 vs 12,597 in Dunkirk). Dunkirk has the higher median household income ($49,003 vs $44,878 in Jamestown). Dunkirk has the higher median home value ($91,200 vs $79,100 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Dunkirk	Jamestown
Population	12,597	28,401
Median age	43.1 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,003	$44,878
Median home value	$91,200	$79,100
Median gross rent	$905	$755
Housing units	6,299	14,442
Homeownership rate	58.4%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunkirk	Jamestown
Population	11,865 → 12,597 (+6.2%)	29,504 → 28,401 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$35,146 → $49,003 (+39.4%)	$33,420 → $44,878 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$67,300 → $91,200 (+35.5%)	$63,200 → $79,100 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $905 (+36.5%)	$616 → $755 (+22.6%)

Dunkirk

Population

11,86512,597

Median household income

$35,146$49,003

Median home value

$67,300$91,200

Median gross rent

$663$905

Jamestown

Population

29,50428,401

Median household income

$33,420$44,878

Median home value

$63,200$79,100

Median gross rent

$616$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunkirk	Jamestown
Under 5	4.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	13.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.2%
75 and over	6.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunkirk	Jamestown
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	77.1%
Black or African American	3.8%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	33.2%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunkirk	Jamestown
No high school diploma	12.6%	12.7%
High school graduate	37.9%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunkirk	Jamestown
Drove alone	81.3%	71.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.7%	4.1%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.7%	8.7%
Other means	1.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunkirk	Jamestown
1-unit, detached	66.4%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	34.9%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	4.3%
20 or more units	5.6%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Dunkirk	Jamestown
Poverty rate	24.9%	24.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	15
Median year structure built	1942	1938