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Dover, DE Metro Area

192,690 Population
586.1 square miles 328.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,431 ±$1,929 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$81,117 ±$8,493 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9% ±2.3% (16,926  ±4,376) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.3 minutes ±1.7 (2,257,310  ±172,490) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

73,100 ±1,759 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (187,935  ±119) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.7% ±2.3% (2,581  ±1,058) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

78,895 ±62 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$339,800 ±$12,637 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.3% ±2.1% (15,844  ±3,944) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.5% ±4.4% (118,426  ±5,841) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.3% ±2.7% (40,452  ±3,478) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.3% (14,039  ±3,328) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

11.7% ±1.3% (17,109  ±1,929) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
17,109 Total veterans ±1,929 13,836 Male ±1,722 3,273 Female ±1,004

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