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Dover, DE

38,879 Population
23.8 square miles 1,632.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±1.5 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: 41.4 ±0.2

Economics

$29,796 ±$1,657 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $33,191 ±$744
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $42,180 ±$471
$54,438 ±$4,512 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $69,278 ±$1,968
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $79,325 ±$1,227

20% ±3.4% (6,994  ±1,183) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 12.3% 21,850 (±1% / ±1,745)
  • nearly double the rate in Delaware: 11.1% 107,790 (±0.4% / ±3,568)

22.8 minutes ±1.8 (375,350  ±36,848) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 26.7 2,056,665 (±0.7 / ±66,997)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 25.9 10,713,835 (±0.3 / ±153,595)

Families

15,114 ±604 Number of households
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 68,705 ±689
  • Delaware: 389,000 ±1,574
2.3 ±0.1 (34,942  ±124) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 2.6 177,863 (±0 / ±110)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 2.5 970,840

3.5% ±1.6% (371  ±165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 5% † 2,120 (±1% / ±407)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 4.7% 10,237 (±0.4% / ±777)

Housing

16,346 ±566 Number of housing units
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 73,600 ±75
  • Delaware: 451,556 ±235

$222,800 ±$10,508 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $272,300 ±$4,976
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $305,200 ±$3,363

16.8% ±2.2% (6,463  ±,845.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 11.1% 20,064 (±1% / ±1,862.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 11.2% 109,799 (±0.4% / ±4,021.6)

Social

89% ±4.4% (21,797  ±1,256.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 88.9% 109,157 (±2.2% / ±2,640)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 91.2% 639,020 (±0.9% / ±6,392.1)
26.2% ±2.7% (6,422  ±,678.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 26.3% 32,277 (±1.2% / ±1,509)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 34.5% 241,357 (±0.6% / ±3,958.8)

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

9.7% ±1.9% (3,765  ±737) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 6.6% 12,047
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 9.8% 97,223

11.1% ±1.6% (3,388  ±494) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 12.1% 16,734 (±0.8% / ±1,034)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 8.1% 63,088 (±0.3% / ±1,959)
3,388 Total veterans ±494 2,949 Male ±452 439 Female ±171

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