What is the population of Dover town?

Dover town has 18,420 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #66 of 700 in New Jersey.

What is the median household income in Dover town?

Median household income in Dover town is $70,519 a year, 10.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dover town?

Median gross rent is $1,743 a month and the median home value is $347,100, so rent absorbs about 29.7% of median household income.

Is Dover town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dover town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 29.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Dover, NJ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Dover, New Jersey (Dover, NJ — Census place “Dover town”) is 18,420 residents, ranking #66 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $70,519, the median home is worth $347,100 and median gross rent runs $1,743 a month. Looking for the Dover New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Dover, NJ: 07801.

Population: 18,420Dover town residents
Median household income: $70,519Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $347,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,743Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 44.1%Owner-occupied households

Dover ZIP codes (New Jersey)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Dover.

The Dover NJ ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

07801

What the numbers mean in Dover town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Dover town median would spend about 29.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.6% of residents and 44.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Dover town, NJ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Dover town is a mid-size town in New Jersey, with 18,420 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #66 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 41 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Dover town earn a median of $70,519 a year, 10.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 34% below the $106,926 median for the 543 New Jersey cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 11.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Dover town is valued at $347,100, 14.4% above the national figure and 16% below the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,743 a month, 24% above the national figure, or roughly $20,916 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 29.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 44.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Dover town?: Dover town has 18,420 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #66 of 700 in New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Dover town?: Median household income in Dover town is $70,519 a year, 10.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dover town?: Median gross rent is $1,743 a month and the median home value is $347,100, so rent absorbs about 29.7% of median household income.
Is Dover town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dover town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 29.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Dover town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.