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Dover, DE Metro Area

189,789 Population
586.1 square miles 323.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,156 ±$2,692 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$72,910 ±$6,257 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.1% ±2.5% (20,439  ±4,654) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

27.3 minutes ±1.6 (2,319,490  ±169,198) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

74,183 ±1,338 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (185,587  ±101) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

8.1% ±3.4% (3,629  ±1,532) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

77,902 ±85 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$325,200 ±$13,047 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.3% ±2.5% (25,013  ±4,664.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.5% ±4.6% (117,628  ±5,916.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
27.2% ±2.5% (35,006  ±3,215.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.3% (15,729  ±3,141) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

11.2% ±1.5% (16,083  ±2,145) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
16,083 Total veterans ±2,145 13,671 Male ±1,890 2,412 Female ±861

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