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19901

37,763 Population
75.8 square miles 498.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2

Economics

$33,487 ±$2,168 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $36,191 ±$762
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
$66,388 ±$4,116 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $74,477 ±$2,101
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251

14.2% ±2.9% (4,954  ±1,062) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 10.6% 19,447 (±1% / ±1,744)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)

21.6 minutes ±1.3 (324,735  ±29,072) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 26.5 2,078,440 (±0.8 / ±77,435)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)

Families

13,951 ±640 Number of households
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 71,424 ±603
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
2.5 ±0.1 (34,913  ±1,944) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 2.6 183,216 (±0 / ±66)
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898

4.9% ±2% (493  ±207) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 5.9% † 2,577 (±1% / ±441)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 11,075 (±0.4% / ±883)

Housing

15,160 ±653 Number of housing units
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 76,325 ±67
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208

$273,000 ±$12,915 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $316,600 ±$6,188
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842

15.8% ±2.3% (5,913  ±917.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 10.5% 19,418 (±1% / ±1,863.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)

Social

90.7% ±2.8% (20,804  ±1,241.3) 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)
26.9% ±3% (6,174  ±756) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 27.5% 34,823 (±1.3% / ±1,594.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)

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

6.5% ±1.7% (2,471  ±647) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 7.4% 13,883
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282

10.7% ±1.2% (2,975  ±375) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 10.9% 15,500 (±0.7% / ±974)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
2,975 Total veterans ±375 2,388 Male ±352 587 Female ±175

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