Dover vs Hector

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

Dover and Hector 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 377 in Hector). Hector has the higher median household income ($51,875 vs $33,491 in Dover). Hector has the higher median home value ($108,600 vs $106,700 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Hector
Population	1,932	377
Median age	38.6 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$33,491	$51,875
Median home value	$106,700	$108,600
Median gross rent	$801	$675
Housing units	886	167
Homeownership rate	70.8%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Hector
Population	2,045 → 1,932 (-5.5%)	506 → 377 (-25.5%)
Median household income	$37,188 → $33,491 (-9.9%)	$50,179 → $51,875 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$105,300 → $106,700 (+1.3%)	$74,100 → $108,600 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $801 (+20.6%)	$636 → $675 (+6.1%)

Dover

Population

2,0451,932

Median household income

$37,188$33,491

Median home value

$105,300$106,700

Median gross rent

$664$801

Hector

Population

506377

Median household income

$50,179$51,875

Median home value

$74,100$108,600

Median gross rent

$636$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Hector
Under 5	11.5%	2.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	23.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	9.3%
35 to 44	6.3%	15.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	8.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.1%
75 and over	15.7%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Hector
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	92.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Hector
No high school diploma	19.2%	18.1%
High school graduate	34.4%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Hector
Drove alone	78.5%	83.3%
Carpooled	16.8%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	3.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Hector
1-unit, detached	74.6%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	21.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Hector
Poverty rate	24.1%	26.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1986	1975