Dover vs Pottsville

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

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

Pottsville has the higher population (3,201 vs 1,932 in Dover). Pottsville has the higher median household income ($66,761 vs $33,491 in Dover). Pottsville has the higher median home value ($169,800 vs $106,700 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Pottsville
Population	1,932	3,201
Median age	38.6 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$33,491	$66,761
Median home value	$106,700	$169,800
Median gross rent	$801	$820
Housing units	886	1,310
Homeownership rate	70.8%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Pottsville
Population	2,045 → 1,932 (-5.5%)	3,183 → 3,201 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$37,188 → $33,491 (-9.9%)	$47,546 → $66,761 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$105,300 → $106,700 (+1.3%)	$131,100 → $169,800 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $801 (+20.6%)	$697 → $820 (+17.6%)

Dover

Population

2,0451,932

Median household income

$37,188$33,491

Median home value

$105,300$106,700

Median gross rent

$664$801

Pottsville

Population

3,1833,201

Median household income

$47,546$66,761

Median home value

$131,100$169,800

Median gross rent

$697$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Pottsville
Under 5	11.5%	8.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	21.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	6.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	9.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.7%
75 and over	15.7%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Pottsville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	79.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Pottsville
No high school diploma	19.2%	8.5%
High school graduate	34.4%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Pottsville
Drove alone	78.5%	91.2%
Carpooled	16.8%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Pottsville
1-unit, detached	74.6%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Pottsville
Poverty rate	24.1%	13.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1986	2003