Dunbar vs Point Marion

A side-by-side comparison of Dunbar and Point Marion: population, income, housing, and more.

Dunbar and Point Marion are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Point Marion has the higher population (1,151 vs 981 in Dunbar). Point Marion has the higher median household income ($50,781 vs $50,000 in Dunbar). Point Marion has the higher median home value ($94,700 vs $72,100 in Dunbar).

Population, income & housing

	Dunbar	Point Marion
Population	981	1,151
Median age	39.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$50,781
Median home value	$72,100	$94,700
Median gross rent	$744	$925
Housing units	563	498
Homeownership rate	82.8%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunbar	Point Marion
Population	1,075 → 981 (-8.7%)	1,280 → 1,151 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$54,583 → $50,000 (-8.4%)	$53,313 → $50,781 (-4.7%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $72,100 (+3.4%)	$70,800 → $94,700 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $744 (+4.3%)	$850 → $925 (+8.8%)

Dunbar

Population

1,075981

Median household income

$54,583$50,000

Median home value

$69,700$72,100

Median gross rent

$713$744

Point Marion

Population

1,2801,151

Median household income

$53,313$50,781

Median home value

$70,800$94,700

Median gross rent

$850$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunbar	Point Marion
Under 5	7.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.6%
35 to 44	18.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	8.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.4%
75 and over	6.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunbar	Point Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	92.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunbar	Point Marion
No high school diploma	8.7%	17.4%
High school graduate	57.9%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunbar	Point Marion
Drove alone	80.8%	79.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.8%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	7.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunbar	Point Marion
1-unit, detached	72.6%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Dunbar	Point Marion
Poverty rate	16.9%	28.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1950	1938