Dover

Population & Demographics

Dover, NH

Dover is home to 33,364 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 17,299 resident workers commute each day.

New HampshireCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
33,364
people
Population

33,364 residents

Median age 36.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Dover population & demographics

Who lives in Dover — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
33,364
Median age
36.9yrs
Median household income
$94,829
Median home value
$436,700
Median gross rent
$1,607/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
52.0%
Poverty rate
8.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Dover

How Dover breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White85.3%
Asian4.8%
Two or more races4.5%
Hispanic or Latino3.5%
Black1.2%
Some other race0.7%

Race across Dover

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Dover.

Dover at a glance
Employed Residents
17,299
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
19.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
18.6%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Portsmouth
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Dover proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Dover commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

65 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Dover

17,299 commutes, one dot at a time

Dover

Where 17,299 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Dover, by worker count.

1Portsmouth10.1 mi3,554
2Dover0.0 mi3,328
3Durham4.4 mi790
4Rochester9.0 mi768
5Somersworth4.2 mi593
6Manchester32.3 mi561
7Concord33.8 mi418
8Nashua43.1 mi263

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Dover.

1Dover0.0 mi3,328
2Rochester9.0 mi2,084
3Somersworth4.2 mi943
4Portsmouth10.1 mi508
5Manchester32.3 mi282
6Nashua43.1 mi219
7Farmington16.8 mi202
8Sanford17.8 mi180

Top industries

The sectors that employ Dover’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance26.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.5%
RTRetail Trade8.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services7.5%
MFManufacturing6.9%
WSWholesale Trade6.1%
FIFinance and Insurance5.9%
EDEducational Services4.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Dover

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Dover

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