With 65,969 people, Dundalk is a city in Maryland. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 16% of adults. That trails the Maryland median by roughly 38%. Density works out to 5,040 people per square mile. The typical home is worth $212,700, having more than doubled since 2000. 17.4% of people here live below the federal poverty line.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $64,520, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 37.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
16% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 43%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Dundalk
What changed most since 1990
White share92.3% → 61.7%(−30.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate6.7% → 17.4%(+10.7 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Black share6.0% → 16.2%(+10.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Dundalk's population equals 7.8% of Baltimore County's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 2.8% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 4.1% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)28%(790)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.8%(475)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era40.5%(1,143)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.9%(110)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1%(28)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,821 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Dundalk, decade by decade
Dundalk population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
65,800
$74,690
$163,205
5.3%
18.1
2000
62,306
$72,482
$149,194
6.2%
25.8
2010
63,597
$67,258
$237,652
9.6%
44.7
2020
67,796
$67,255
$189,442
13.8%
70.5
2024
65,969
$64,520
$212,700
15.7%
71.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
