A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Alger$1,100/mo

Typical home $173K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.33% · or rent about $644/mo · Housing →

Dunkirk$1,050/mo

Typical home $170K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.14% · or rent about $814/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

AlgerDunkirk

Snow a year19″26″

January low19°F 18°F

July high84°F 84°F

Growing season (days)182d 182d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)53rd 47th

Outdoors & history

AlgerDunkirk

Settled1896 1852

Archive photos6 12

Famous people born here1 —

Community

AlgerDunkirk

Library hours a week44 hrs 41 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

12 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AlgerDunkirk

Alger ↔ Dunkirk12 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Ohio average

AlgerDunkirk

People

Population 718Lowest 839Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.7%Highest OH: +2.3% -11.5%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 38.3±13Highest 4% below OH 34.9±7.5Lowest 12% below OH

Alger and Dunkirk are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 22.8%±9.3Lowest OH: 22% 27.5%±5.6Highest OH: 22%

Dunkirk and Alger are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 21%±9.5Highest OH: 18.3% 14.9%±2.9Lowest OH: 18.3%

Alger and Dunkirk are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 2.9%Lowest OH: 31.5% 8.1%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.7%±2.7Lowest OH: 5.6% 6.9%±4.2Highest OH: 5.6%

Dunkirk and Alger are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $38,333±$7kLowest 46% below OH $49,286±$13kHighest 31% below OH

Dunkirk and Alger are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $68,500±$33kLowest 68% below OH $99,200±$22kHighest 54% below OH

Dunkirk and Alger are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $644±$619Lowest 38% below OH $814±$165Highest 21% below OH

Dunkirk and Alger are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $912Lowest 68% below OH $1,133Highest 60% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 22.5%±42.8Highest OH: 45.9% 16.7%±18.5Lowest OH: 45.9%

Alger and Dunkirk are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 39%Highest OH: 13.3% 10.2%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.1%Lowest OH: 67.2% 74.9%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Highest same as OH 1938Lowest 32 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 12% above OH 31 minHighest 34% above OH

Work from home 2%±2.7Lowest OH: 13% 7.5%±6.2Highest OH: 13%

Dunkirk and Alger are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0.9%Highest 0.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.3 miHighest 23.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.12Lowest 0.18Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Lima (9%)Kenton (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DunkirkFew work in Alger

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4%Highest 1.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 178Highest 55.0Lowest

Ohio average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Alger vs Dunkirk

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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