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The median home value in Dunkirk, NY is $136,078 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.55% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$136,078
Year-over-Year
+4.55%
Population
12,348
Dunkirk ranks #91 of 95 New York cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 69.4% below the state's city median of $445,174. It sits in Chautauqua County, where the county-wide median is $180,156.
Median household income in Dunkirk is $53,299, so the typical home value is about 2.6× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Dunkirk police recorded a violent crime rate of 275 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,919 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Dunkirk, that value is $136,078. That's up 4.55% from a year earlier. It is about 69.4% below the typical New York city tracked here.
Homes in Dunkirk are cheaper than Chautauqua County as a whole, where the median is $180,156 — a difference of about 24.5%.
Median household income here is $53,299, so the typical home value is about 2.6× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Dunkirk police reported 275 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 12,348. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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