Atkins vs Dover

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

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

Atkins has the higher population (2,877 vs 1,932 in Dover). Atkins has the higher median household income ($58,299 vs $33,491 in Dover). Atkins has the higher median home value ($108,300 vs $106,700 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Atkins	Dover
Population	2,877	1,932
Median age	37.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,299	$33,491
Median home value	$108,300	$106,700
Median gross rent	$858	$801
Housing units	1,151	886
Homeownership rate	64.3%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atkins	Dover
Population	3,048 → 2,877 (-5.6%)	2,045 → 1,932 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$39,091 → $58,299 (+49.1%)	$37,188 → $33,491 (-9.9%)
Median home value	$79,100 → $108,300 (+36.9%)	$105,300 → $106,700 (+1.3%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $858 (+28.1%)	$664 → $801 (+20.6%)

Atkins

Population

3,0482,877

Median household income

$39,091$58,299

Median home value

$79,100$108,300

Median gross rent

$670$858

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)

	Atkins	Dover
Under 5	5.1%	11.5%
5 to 17	22.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	6.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.1%
75 and over	7.6%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atkins	Dover
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	90.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	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	4.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atkins	Dover
No high school diploma	11.2%	19.2%
High school graduate	37.8%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atkins	Dover
Drove alone	84.5%	78.5%
Carpooled	11.3%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atkins	Dover
1-unit, detached	78.5%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Atkins	Dover
Poverty rate	14.6%	24.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1976	1986