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Dover, NJ (New Jersey) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $325,719 (it was $152,300 in 2000)
Dover:

$325,719
New Jersey:

$428,900
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $254,680 - $380,713

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $418,330
Here:

$418,330
State:

$537,591

Townhouses or other attached units: $415,054
Here:

$415,054
State:

$381,113

In 2-unit structures: $334,232
Here:

$334,232
State:

$444,476

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $143,859
Here:

$143,859
State:

$457,463

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $269,268
Here:

$269,268
State:

$368,745

Total population: 18,313 (Urban population: 18,188, Rural population: 0)

Houses: 6,425 (6,172 occupied: 2,784 owner occupied, 3,490 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

56%
State:

35%

Housing density: 2,398 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $220,013.

Median contract rent in 2022: $1,366 (lower quartile is $1,090, upper quartile is $1,685)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,246


Median gross rent in Dover, NJ in 2022: $1,652

Housing units in Dover with a mortgage: 1,887 (155 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 109 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 64

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $100,098

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $85,955

Median monthly housing costs: $1,750

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Dover, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1951

Median year apartment built: 1954

Household type by relationship:

Households: 18,510
  • Male householders: 2,912 (447 living alone), Female householders: 3,243 (1,002 living alone)
  • 3,024 spouses (3,003 opposite-sex spouses), 550 unmarried partners, (550 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,222 children (5,833 natural, 102 adopted, 286 stepchildren), 139 grandchildren, 494 brothers or sisters, 283 parents, 56 foster children, 707 other relatives, 642 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 233

Size of family households: 1,190 2-persons, 1,055 3-persons, 801 4-persons, 1,204 5-persons, 115 6-persons, 190 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,401 1-person, 235 2-persons, 4 4-persons.

2,662 married couples with children.
758 single-parent households (160 men, 598 women).

22.5% of residents of Dover speak English at home.
71.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (34% speak English very well, 66% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 9,048 (48.9%)
(39.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.0
State:

6.8

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.0
State:

3.9

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Dover, New Jersey
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Dover, New Jersey
  • 0no bedroom
  • 301 bedroom
  • 6232 bedrooms
  • 1,3603 bedrooms
  • 6604 bedrooms
  • 1125+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dover, New Jersey
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dover, New Jersey
  • 327no bedroom
  • 7951 bedroom
  • 1,1672 bedrooms
  • 1,0433 bedrooms
  • 1044 bedrooms
  • 545+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Dover in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Dover in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 50no vehicle
  • 8431 vehicle
  • 1,1332 vehicles
  • 5453 vehicles
  • 1494 vehicles
  • 635+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Dover in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Dover in renter-occupied apartments
  • 817no vehicle
  • 1,4071 vehicle
  • 7962 vehicles
  • 3943 vehicles
  • 474 vehicles
  • 305+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Dover, New Jersey
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Dover, New Jersey
  • 01 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 473 rooms
  • 2154 rooms
  • 4785 rooms
  • 8836 rooms
  • 6807 rooms
  • 1838 rooms
  • 2989+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dover, New Jersey
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dover, New Jersey
  • 3271 room
  • 1172 rooms
  • 6673 rooms
  • 9534 rooms
  • 9655 rooms
  • 2326 rooms
  • 1117 rooms
  • 1028 rooms
  • 179+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Dover, NJ
Dover town income, earnings, and wages data

  • Dover, NJ household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Dover, NJ in 2022
  • 354Less than $10,000
  • 370$10,000 to $19,999
  • 269$20,000 to $29,999
  • 734$30,000 to $39,999
  • 575$40,000 to $49,999
  • 232$50,000 to $59,999
  • 1,139$60,000 to $74,999
  • 842$75,000 to $99,999
  • 788$100,000 to $124,999
  • 380$125,000 to $149,999
  • 220$150,000 to $199,999
  • 418$200,000 or more

  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Dover, NJ

  • Distribution of house value in Dover, NJ in 2022
  • 17$40,000 to $49,999
  • 10$50,000 to $59,999
  • 32$100,000 to $124,999
  • 29$125,000 to $149,999
  • 56$150,000 to $174,999
  • 102$175,000 to $199,999
  • 517$200,000 to $249,999
  • 403$250,000 to $299,999
  • 1,007$300,000 to $399,999
  • 306$400,000 to $499,999
  • 102$500,000 to $749,999
  • 70$750,000 to $999,999

  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Dover, NJ

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Dover, NJ in 2022
  • 39$100 to $149
  • 58$150 to $199
  • 124$200 to $249
  • 84$250 to $299
  • 20$300 to $349
  • 99$350 to $399
  • 15$400 to $449
  • 5$450 to $499
  • 34$600 to $649
  • 18$650 to $699
  • 131$900 to $999
  • 680$1,000 to $1,249
  • 750$1,250 to $1,499
  • 1,080$1,500 to $1,999
  • 254$2,000 to $2,499
  • 60$2,500 to $2,999
  • 42$3,000 to $3,499
  • 3$3,500 or more
  • 18No cash rent
Work and jobs in Dover: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 86.1%
Number of people working at home: 537 (5.4% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 107
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 951
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 1,788
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 964
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 1,449
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 680
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 1,192
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 354
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 211
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 467
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 426
  • 90 or more minutes: 380
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Dover

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 5,318 (68.1%)
  • Carpooled: 805 (10.3%)
  • Taxi: 572 (7.3%)
  • Walked: 372 (4.8%)
  • Worked at home: 537 (6.9%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 1.4%Males
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 3.5%Males
  • Unemployment rate for other race residents
  • 13.7%Males
  • 10.7%Females
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 1.4%Males
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 7.1%Males
  • 4.6%Females
Races in Dover detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Dover, New Jersey
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Dover, New Jersey
  • 2,8612010 or later
  • 2,7712000 to 2009
  • 1,8311990 to 1999
  • 1,7431980 to 1989
  • 7481970 to 1979
  • 455Before 1970
Ancestries in Dover, NJ

First ancestries reported:

  • Jamaican: 231 (1.7%)
  • Italian: 188 (1.4%)
  • Irish: 118 (0.9%)
  • Greek: 108 (0.8%)
  • American: 86 (0.6%)
  • English: 84 (0.6%)
  • Haitian: 61 (0.5%)
  • European: 59 (0.4%)
  • Polish: 43 (0.3%)
  • Brazilian: 34 (0.3%)
  • Guyanese: 32 (0.2%)
  • Romanian: 27 (0.2%)
  • Russian: 22 (0.2%)
  • African: 16 (0.1%)
  • Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 16 (0.1%)
  • Austrian: 15 (0.1%)
  • German: 14 (0.1%)
  • Scottish: 9 (0.07%)
  • West Indian: 9 (0.07%)
  • Czech: 7 (0.05%)
  • Scandinavian: 5 (0.04%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Colombia
Dover:

23.3% (2,187)
New Jersey:

4.2% (90,817)

Mexico
Dover:

23.0% (2,157)
New Jersey:

4.8% (102,527)

Honduras
Dover:

13.5% (1,269)
New Jersey:

1.7% (37,335)

Ecuador
Dover:

9.2% (860)
New Jersey:

4.4% (95,275)

Peru
Dover:

6.5% (610)
New Jersey:

2.7% (58,563)

Dominican Republic
Dover:

5.3% (501)
New Jersey:

9.7% (209,055)

Nicaragua
Dover:

3.5% (325)
New Jersey:

0.3% (5,500)

Jamaica
Dover:

2.5% (236)
New Jersey:

2.2% (47,365)

Uruguay
Dover:

2.3% (217)
New Jersey:

0.3% (6,972)

El Salvador
Dover:

1.9% (181)
New Jersey:

2.3% (48,885)

Costa Rica
Dover:

1.5% (144)
New Jersey:

0.7% (14,848)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 6,370
  • Other state: 1,567
  • Northeast: 1,079
  • Midwest: 97
  • South: 219
  • West: 169

86.7% of Dover residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 44.1% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 62.1% lived in New Jersey.


Dover:

86.7%
State average:

90.4%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 214
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 100
  • 5th and 6th grade: 133
  • 7th and 8th grade: 364
  • 9th grade: 411
  • 10th grade: 232
  • 11th grade: 8
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 185
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,136
  • Less than 1 year of college: 513
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 800
  • Associate degree: 474
  • Bachelor's degree: 694
  • Master's degree: 73
  • Professional school degree: 44
  • Doctorate degree: 18
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 435
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 26
  • 5th and 6th grade: 201
  • 7th and 8th grade: 191
  • 9th grade: 74
  • 10th grade: 227
  • 11th grade: 66
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 156
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,572
  • Less than 1 year of college: 186
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 633
  • Associate degree: 638
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,220
  • Master's degree: 265
  • Professional school degree: 79
  • Doctorate degree: 2
Educational Attainment for Females
Dover marital status for males
Dover marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 2,942
  • One, attached: 737
  • Two: 1,125
  • 3 or 4: 503
  • 5 to 9: 408
  • 10 to 19: 116
  • 20 to 49: 128
  • 50 or more: 462
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.8%

House/condo owner moved in on average 17 years ago

Renter moved in on average 5 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Dover
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Dover, NJ
  • 76.2%Utility gas
  • 18.0%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 3.7%Electricity
  • 1.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.8%Solar energy
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Dover, NJ
  • 71.9%Utility gas
  • 16.3%Electricity
  • 10.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 1.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
Here:

0.8%
New Jersey:

12.3%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here:

0.0%
New Jersey:

13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 111
Here:

16.3%
New Jersey:

33.2%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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