Dunkirk vs Jamestown West

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

Dunkirk and Jamestown West 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 2,398 in Jamestown West). Jamestown West has the higher median household income ($64,034 vs $49,003 in Dunkirk). Jamestown West has the higher median home value ($145,400 vs $91,200 in Dunkirk).

Population, income & housing

	Dunkirk	Jamestown West
Population	12,597	2,398
Median age	43.1 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,003	$64,034
Median home value	$91,200	$145,400
Median gross rent	$905	$880
Housing units	6,299	1,222
Homeownership rate	58.4%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunkirk	Jamestown West
Population	11,865 → 12,597 (+6.2%)	2,542 → 2,398 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$35,146 → $49,003 (+39.4%)	$65,977 → $64,034 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$67,300 → $91,200 (+35.5%)	$100,000 → $145,400 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $905 (+36.5%)	$789 → $880 (+11.5%)

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 West

Population

2,5422,398

Median household income

$65,977$64,034

Median home value

$100,000$145,400

Median gross rent

$789$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunkirk	Jamestown West
Under 5	4.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	9.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	6.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	7.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	17.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	21.0%
75 and over	6.4%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunkirk	Jamestown West
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	95.7%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	33.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunkirk	Jamestown West
No high school diploma	12.6%	5.3%
High school graduate	37.9%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunkirk	Jamestown West
Drove alone	81.3%	93.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	4.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunkirk	Jamestown West
1-unit, detached	66.4%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	9.8%
20 or more units	5.6%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dunkirk	Jamestown West
Poverty rate	24.9%	5.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	17	12
Median year structure built	1942	1964