City safety & data profile

DunkirkNY

Dunkirk, NY is a 12K-resident city in Chautauqua County with a median household income of $53,299.

Chautauqua County, New York. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Dunkirk, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Dunkirk has a population larger than 13% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $94,700, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 14%
By size
$53,299
Median income (place)
$94,700
Median home (place)
24.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Dunkirk

Dunkirk posts a median household income higher than 13% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Dunkirk area.

Bottom 14%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Dunkirk

Where Dunkirk income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$53,299 Bottom 13% higher than 13% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Dunkirk $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in NY

Population among 197 NY places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows New York City is the largest NY city on this list; Scarsdale leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in NY

Median household income among the same 197-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Scarsdale posts the highest place-level median income in NY; New York City is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Dunkirk, NY beyond the headline numbers

Dunkirk sits inside Chautauqua County, New York, at roughly 42.48°N, -79.33°W. Population 12,081, $53,299 median household income. Median home value $94,700, median rent $866. Poverty rate 24.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Dunkirk, 1/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

24.3% of Dunkirk, NY residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Dunkirk runs about 1.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 4.5% of Dunkirk workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 4.3% in Dunkirk, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Dunkirk workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 43.7 years, Dunkirk's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Dunkirk from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
12,081
Dunkirk · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$53,299
-40% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$94,700
-77% vs avg
Median Age (place)
43.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Chautauqua County): Dunkirk's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
126K-6%
Median Income
$58,351+38%
Median Home Value
$127,900+53%
Poverty Rate
17.4%-9%
Unemployment
5.9%-33%

Economics

Economics indicators for Dunkirk, NY
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$866/mo
Poverty Rate
24.3% +96% vs avg
Unemployment 4.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 16.4%
Work From Home 4.5%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 59.8%
African American 7.1%
Asian 0.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
42%
Obesity
40.1%
High Blood Pressure
37.8%
Physical Inactivity
33.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.8%
Current Smoking
16.3%
Binge Drinking
15.6%
Diabetes
14.5%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 53.9%
Annual Checkup 80.5%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.9%
Stroke
4.3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
Average Rating
1/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
BROOKS-TLC HOSPITAL SYSTEM, INC
DUNKIRK · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★☆☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Dunkirk?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Dunkirk right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet NY-DUNKIRK · Dunkirk

Dunkirk: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Dunkirk; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse New York state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Dunkirk, NY? ▼
Dunkirk, NY has a population of 12,081 people, located in Chautauqua County, New York.
What is the median household income in Dunkirk? ▼
The median household income in Dunkirk, NY is $53,299 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 24.3%.
What is the median home value in Dunkirk? ▼
The median home value in Dunkirk, NY is $94,700. Median rent is $866/month.
What are the top health concerns in Dunkirk? ▼
The top health indicators in Dunkirk include Short Sleep Duration (42%), Obesity (40.1%), High Blood Pressure (37.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Dunkirk? ▼
Dunkirk has 1 hospital with an average rating of 1/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Dunkirk? ▼
The median age in Dunkirk, NY is 43.7 years. 16.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Dunkirk, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NY (24.3% here).

Toledo, OH 24.3% Dearborn, MI 24.3% Corvallis, OR 24.3% Salisbury, MD 24.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NY ($53,299 here).

Horn Lake, MS $53,311 Warr Acres, OK $53,273 Canton, IL $53,254 Maryville, MO $53,352

Compare Dunkirk with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Fredonia, NY 11K Jamestown, NY 30K Buffalo, NY 258K Lackawanna, NY 18K West Seneca, NY 45K Grand Island, NY 21K Kenmore, NY 15K Niagara Falls, NY 49K
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Using Dunkirk's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Dunkirk area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Chautauqua County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.