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Dover, DE Metro Area

186,946 Population
586.1 square miles 319 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$33,936 ±$1,851 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$72,675 ±$5,193 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

9.4% ±2% (17,094  ±3,598) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

27.2 minutes ±1.8 (2,218,535  ±172,306) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

73,497 ±1,096 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0 (182,773  ±57) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

6.3% ±2.8% (2,677  ±1,191) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

76,896 ±36 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$308,100 ±$13,927 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

11.3% ±2.2% (20,930  ±3,992.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

89.8% ±4.7% (113,724  ±5,932.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
25.3% ±2.5% (31,989  ±3,209.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

7% (13,138  ±2,892) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

10.5% ±1.3% (14,859  ±1,840) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
14,859 Total veterans ±1,840 12,942 Male ±1,528 1,917 Female ±821

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