Dunkirk vs Westfield

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

Dunkirk and Westfield 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 2,937 in Westfield). Dunkirk has the higher median household income ($49,003 vs $43,385 in Westfield). Westfield has the higher median home value ($91,700 vs $91,200 in Dunkirk).

Population, income & housing

	Dunkirk	Westfield
Population	12,597	2,937
Median age	43.1 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,003	$43,385
Median home value	$91,200	$91,700
Median gross rent	$905	$667
Housing units	6,299	1,490
Homeownership rate	58.4%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunkirk	Westfield
Population	11,865 → 12,597 (+6.2%)	2,611 → 2,937 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$35,146 → $49,003 (+39.4%)	$41,053 → $43,385 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$67,300 → $91,200 (+35.5%)	$79,300 → $91,700 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $905 (+36.5%)	$671 → $667 (-0.6%)

Dunkirk

Population

11,86512,597

Median household income

$35,146$49,003

Median home value

$67,300$91,200

Median gross rent

$663$905

Westfield

Population

2,6112,937

Median household income

$41,053$43,385

Median home value

$79,300$91,700

Median gross rent

$671$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunkirk	Westfield
Under 5	4.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.5%	21.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	1.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	7.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	15.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	15.9%
75 and over	6.4%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunkirk	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	91.4%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	33.2%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunkirk	Westfield
No high school diploma	12.6%	15.2%
High school graduate	37.9%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunkirk	Westfield
Drove alone	81.3%	81.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	4.9%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	2.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunkirk	Westfield
1-unit, detached	66.4%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	27.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	1.9%
20 or more units	5.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Dunkirk	Westfield
Poverty rate	24.9%	19.1%
Average household size	2.15	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1942	1938