Appleton vs Dover

A side-by-side comparison of Appleton and Dover: population, income, housing, and more.

Appleton and Dover are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dover has the higher population (1,932 vs 145 in Appleton). Appleton has the higher median household income ($42,212 vs $33,491 in Dover). Since 2019, Appleton's population has grown faster (+1.4% vs -5.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Appleton	Dover
Population	145	1,932
Median age	36.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,212	$33,491
Median home value	—	$106,700
Median gross rent	—	$801
Housing units	140	886
Homeownership rate	85.5%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appleton	Dover
Population	143 → 145 (+1.4%)	2,045 → 1,932 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $42,212 (+1.3%)	$37,188 → $33,491 (-9.9%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $198,100 (+21.9%)	$105,300 → $106,700 (+1.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$664 → $801 (+20.6%)

Appleton

Population

143145

Median household income

$41,667$42,212

Median home value

$162,500$198,100

Dover

Population

2,0451,932

Median household income

$37,188$33,491

Median home value

$105,300$106,700

Median gross rent

$664$801

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appleton	Dover
Under 5	13.1%	11.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	17.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.9%	6.3%
45 to 54	6.9%	8.3%
55 to 64	29.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.1%
75 and over	0.0%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appleton	Dover
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appleton	Dover
No high school diploma	0.0%	19.2%
High school graduate	47.1%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	52.9%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appleton	Dover
Drove alone	83.7%	78.5%
Carpooled	16.3%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appleton	Dover
1-unit, detached	74.3%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.7%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Appleton	Dover
Poverty rate	23.4%	24.1%
Average household size	2.10	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	2002	1986