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19901

39,149 Population
75.8 square miles 516.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.5 ±0.1

Economics

$31,142 ±$1,854 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $34,640 ±$812
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $44,219 ±$479
$63,891 ±$4,179 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $72,872 ±$1,932
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $82,855 ±$1,234

16.6% ±3.6% (6,050  ±1,357) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 11.3% 20,323 (±1% / ±1,797)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 105,246 (±0.5% / ±4,897)

22.6 minutes ±1.4 (346,435  ±32,864) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 27 2,111,380 (±1 / ±87,809)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 26.1 10,778,325 (±0.3 / ±154,224)

Families

14,363 ±692 Number of households
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 70,053 ±600
  • Delaware: 396,209 ±1,648
2.5 ±0.1 (36,496  ±2,006) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 2.6 180,708 (±0 / ±93)
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware: 2.5 982,814

5.9% ±2.2% (590  ±221) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 5.5% † 2,383 (±1% / ±438)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 10,952 (±0.4% / ±905)

Housing

15,443 ±686 Number of housing units
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 74,997 ±89
  • Delaware: 457,958 ±241

$258,400 ±$14,040 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $290,600 ±$5,081
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware: $326,800 ±$3,051

16.9% ±2.6% (6,541  ±1,066.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 11.8% 21,596 (±1.2% / ±2,104.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 11.3% 112,086 (±0.5% / ±4,566.1)

Social

89.1% ±2.9% (20,972  ±1,184.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 90.2% 112,367 (±2.1% / ±2,634.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 91.4% 649,298 (±0.9% / ±6,357.6)
26.6% ±2.5% (6,253  ±653.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 26.7% 33,311 (±1.2% / ±1,479.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 35.3% 250,626 (±0.5% / ±3,743.6)

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

6.6% ±1.4% (2,572  ±572) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 7.2% 13,303
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 104,694

11.7% ±1.6% (3,349  ±475) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 11.6% 16,310 (±0.8% / ±1,121)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 7.8% 61,582 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
3,349 Total veterans ±475 2,774 Male ±415 575 Female ±158

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