Dunkirk vs Lakewood

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

Dunkirk and Lakewood 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 2,975 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($70,962 vs $49,003 in Dunkirk). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($146,300 vs $91,200 in Dunkirk).

Population, income & housing

	Dunkirk	Lakewood
Population	12,597	2,975
Median age	43.1 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,003	$70,962
Median home value	$91,200	$146,300
Median gross rent	$905	$1,132
Housing units	6,299	1,610
Homeownership rate	58.4%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunkirk	Lakewood
Population	11,865 → 12,597 (+6.2%)	2,847 → 2,975 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$35,146 → $49,003 (+39.4%)	$53,882 → $70,962 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$67,300 → $91,200 (+35.5%)	$113,700 → $146,300 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $905 (+36.5%)	$735 → $1,132 (+54.0%)

Dunkirk

Population

11,86512,597

Median household income

$35,146$49,003

Median home value

$67,300$91,200

Median gross rent

$663$905

Lakewood

Population

2,8472,975

Median household income

$53,882$70,962

Median home value

$113,700$146,300

Median gross rent

$735$1,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunkirk	Lakewood
Under 5	4.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.9%	18.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.6%
75 and over	6.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunkirk	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	85.0%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	33.2%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunkirk	Lakewood
No high school diploma	12.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	37.9%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunkirk	Lakewood
Drove alone	81.3%	84.1%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	9.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunkirk	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	66.4%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	2.7%
20 or more units	5.6%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Dunkirk	Lakewood
Poverty rate	24.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1942	1957