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Dover Base Housing, DE

2,962 Population
0.8 square miles 3,944.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.2 ±3.2 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.4
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,177 ±$4,648 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
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$82,161 ±$13,477 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $74,477 ±$2,101
  • a little less than the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.2% ±1.6% (63  ±48) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 10.6% 19,447 (±1% / ±1,744)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.8 minutes ±2.3 (15,460  ±4,600) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-fifths of the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 26.5 2,078,440 (±0.8 / ±77,435)
  • about half the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,113 ±246 Number of households
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 71,424 ±603
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.8 (2,962  ±553) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 2.6 183,216 (±0 / ±66)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

15.9% ±13% (130  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 5.9% † 2,577 (±1% / ±441)
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 11,075 (±0.4% / ±883)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,296 ±228 Number of housing units
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 76,325 ±67
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

44.1% ±16.4% (1,296  ±541.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 10.5% 19,418 (±1% / ±1,863.3)
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±6.5% (1,394  ±296.7) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
48.2% ±14.2% (728  ±259.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 27.5% 34,823 (±1.3% / ±1,594.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.3% ±1.3% (69  ±40) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 7.4% 13,883
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

21.4% ±5.2% (227  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 10.9% 15,500 (±0.7% / ±974)
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
227 Total veterans ±70 142 Male ±53 85 Female ±49

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