Dunkirk vs Silver Creek

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

Dunkirk and Silver Creek 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 2,619 in Silver Creek). Silver Creek has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $49,003 in Dunkirk). Silver Creek has the higher median home value ($119,500 vs $91,200 in Dunkirk).

Population, income & housing

	Dunkirk	Silver Creek
Population	12,597	2,619
Median age	43.1 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,003	$66,250
Median home value	$91,200	$119,500
Median gross rent	$905	$918
Housing units	6,299	1,248
Homeownership rate	58.4%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunkirk	Silver Creek
Population	11,865 → 12,597 (+6.2%)	2,426 → 2,619 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$35,146 → $49,003 (+39.4%)	$59,766 → $66,250 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$67,300 → $91,200 (+35.5%)	$85,600 → $119,500 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $905 (+36.5%)	$867 → $918 (+5.9%)

Dunkirk

Population

11,86512,597

Median household income

$35,146$49,003

Median home value

$67,300$91,200

Median gross rent

$663$905

Silver Creek

Population

2,4262,619

Median household income

$59,766$66,250

Median home value

$85,600$119,500

Median gross rent

$867$918

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunkirk	Silver Creek
Under 5	4.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	20.4%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.9%
75 and over	6.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunkirk	Silver Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	87.4%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	33.2%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunkirk	Silver Creek
No high school diploma	12.6%	8.7%
High school graduate	37.9%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunkirk	Silver Creek
Drove alone	81.3%	69.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	13.9%
Other means	1.6%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunkirk	Silver Creek
1-unit, detached	66.4%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	27.4%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Dunkirk	Silver Creek
Poverty rate	24.9%	17.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	17	31
Median year structure built	1942	1938