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Dover, DE

39,837 Population
23.8 square miles 1,672.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2

Economics

$31,743 ±$1,564 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $36,191 ±$762
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
$60,199 ±$4,412 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $74,477 ±$2,101
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251

15% ±3.1% (5,386  ±1,125) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 10.6% 19,447 (±1% / ±1,744)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)

22.9 minutes ±2.2 (385,440  ±43,162) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 26.5 2,078,440 (±0.8 / ±77,435)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)

Families

15,428 ±611 Number of households
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 71,424 ±603
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
2.3 ±0.1 (35,928  ±92) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 2.6 183,216 (±0 / ±66)
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898

3.4% ±1.6% (379  ±179) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 5.9% † 2,577 (±1% / ±441)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 11,075 (±0.4% / ±883)

Housing

16,448 ±611 Number of housing units
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 76,325 ±67
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208

$258,900 ±$12,984 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $316,600 ±$6,188
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842

14.9% ±1.9% (5,886  ±740.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 10.5% 19,418 (±1% / ±1,863.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)

Social

91.9% ±4.9% (23,068  ±1,364) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 91% 115,066 (±2.3% / ±2,856)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 91.7% 662,711 (±0.9% / ±6,681.2)
26.7% ±3% (6,710  ±762.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 27.5% 34,823 (±1.3% / ±1,594.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)

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

10.9% ±2.5% (4,331  ±986) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 7.4% 13,883
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282

9.3% ±1.4% (2,893  ±443) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 10.9% 15,500 (±0.7% / ±974)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
2,893 Total veterans ±443 2,469 Male ±397 424 Female ±165

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