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Dover, DE

39,491 Population
23.8 square miles 1,658.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 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

$30,801 ±$1,827 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
$58,336 ±$3,615 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $72,872 ±$1,932
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $82,855 ±$1,234

17.5% ±2.9% (6,232  ±1,021) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 11.3% 20,323 (±1% / ±1,797)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 105,246 (±0.5% / ±4,897)

24 minutes ±2.3 (390,060  ±42,608) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 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

15,462 ±602 Number of households
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 70,053 ±600
  • Delaware: 396,209 ±1,648
2.3 ±0.1 (35,728  ±119) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 2.6 180,708 (±0 / ±93)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 2.5 982,814

4% ±1.6% (425  ±171) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 5.5% † 2,383 (±1% / ±438)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 10,952 (±0.4% / ±905)

Housing

16,659 ±590 Number of housing units
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 74,997 ±89
  • Delaware: 457,958 ±241

$248,500 ±$13,267 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $290,600 ±$5,081
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $326,800 ±$3,051

17.1% ±2.4% (6,711  ±947.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 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

90.4% ±4.3% (22,647  ±1,281.3) 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)
27.2% ±2.7% (6,801  ±699.7) 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

10.5% ±2.4% (4,158  ±939) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 7.2% 13,303
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 104,694

10.4% ±1.5% (3,196  ±461) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 11.6% 16,310 (±0.8% / ±1,121)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Delaware: 7.8% 61,582 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
3,196 Total veterans ±461 2,769 Male ±398 427 Female ±161

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