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Dover, DE Urban Area

131,461 Population
72.3 square miles 1,818.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,985 ±$2,351 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$83,375 ±$10,262 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.3% ±2.6% (11,715  ±3,330) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.7 minutes ±2 (1,419,935  ±161,430) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

48,533 ±2,408 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.2 (126,806  ±5,878) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±2.9% (1,552  ±915) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

52,473 ±2,261 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$340,600 ±$13,618 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.1% ±2.8% (11,842  ±3,689.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.4% ±4.4% (79,520  ±5,054.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
33.3% ±3.2% (29,000  ±3,045.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8.7% ±2.2% (11,435  ±2,993) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

11.2% ±1.6% (10,910  ±1,632) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,910 Total veterans ±1,632 8,784 Male ±1,371 2,126 Female ±939

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