What is the population of Dover borough?

Dover borough has 2,004 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #664 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Dover borough?

Median household income in Dover borough is $77,500 a year, 1.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,102 a month and the median home value is $192,200, so rent absorbs about 17.1% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dover borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Dover, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Dover, Pennsylvania (Dover, PA — Census place “Dover borough”) is 2,004 residents, ranking #664 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $77,500, the median home is worth $192,200 and median gross rent runs $1,102 a month. Looking for the Dover Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Dover, PA: 17315.

Population: 2,004Dover borough residents
Median household income: $77,500Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $192,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,102Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 69.8%Owner-occupied households

Dover ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Dover.

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

17315

What the numbers mean in Dover borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Dover borough median would spend about 17.1% 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 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.9% of residents and 69.8% 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 borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Dover borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 2,004 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #664 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 66% of them. The median age here is 41.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Dover borough earn a median of $77,500 a year, 1.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 9% above the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 5.9% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Dover borough is valued at $192,200, 36.7% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,102 a month, 21.6% below the national figure, or roughly $13,224 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 69.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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 borough?: Dover borough has 2,004 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #664 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Dover borough?: Median household income in Dover borough is $77,500 a year, 1.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dover borough?: Median gross rent is $1,102 a month and the median home value is $192,200, so rent absorbs about 17.1% of median household income.
Is Dover borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dover borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Dover borough data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.