Dunkirk, Maryland.
Typical home $628,078 (+0.3% in a year). Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,566 (+90%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,029 +0%
- $626,049$628,078 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $66,876 +12%
- $561,202$628,078 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Dunkirk$3,297
- Maryland$2,230
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 31 years.
Typical home values in Dunkirk, MD rose 0.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Dunkirk, Calvert County, Maryland
Dunkirk, in Calvert County, had 2,431 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $149,271 a year and half less, against $133,922 across Calvert County; 2% of its people live below the poverty line. 95% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 5% are rented. Unemployment in Calvert County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Calvert County work in schools and health care, then government.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Dunkirk is a small community in Calvert County, Maryland, where nearly all homes are lived in by their owners. Household incomes run above the county's, and very few residents live below the poverty line. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and some snow each year, while summers turn hot, with July the warmest month, and rain and melted snow fall fairly steadily through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with many others in government, professional and business services, and the building trades. Commutes are fairly long, and a fair number of people work from home. In Dunkirk itself, the largest workplaces include Walmart, Giant and the Shoppes at Apple Greene.
Things to do. The best-known places nearby are in Washington, a longer drive away. The National Mall is a park lined with memorials and museums, and the Smithsonian Institution is a museum a longer drive away. The National Air and Space Museum is another museum in the same direction, also a longer drive away.
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- 761households
- 2%below the poverty line
- 31 mintypical commute
- 14%work from home
What people in Calvert County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Calvert County had 22,528 jobs in 2025, 0.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 44° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 67°. About 16 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Upper Marlboro Nnw weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Dunkirk
- WalmartDiscount department stores166
- Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.Supermarkets and other grocery stores157
- GiantGrocery stores151
- NAI Saturn EasternSupermarkets and other grocery stores103
- Wawa SiteConvenience store42
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 619 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Dunkirk’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Calvert County and the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
Dunkirk home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Dunkirk$628,078
- Maryland$424,890
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Dunkirk listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Dunkirk36.36%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Dunkirk27
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Dunkirk11
Zip codes with a Dunkirk address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Dunkirk — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.