Dover vs Russellville

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

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

Russellville has the higher population (29,057 vs 1,932 in Dover). Russellville has the higher median household income ($48,708 vs $33,491 in Dover). Russellville has the higher median home value ($166,500 vs $106,700 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Russellville
Population	1,932	29,057
Median age	38.6 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$33,491	$48,708
Median home value	$106,700	$166,500
Median gross rent	$801	$835
Housing units	886	11,917
Homeownership rate	70.8%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Russellville
Population	2,045 → 1,932 (-5.5%)	29,193 → 29,057 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$37,188 → $33,491 (-9.9%)	$36,562 → $48,708 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$105,300 → $106,700 (+1.3%)	$128,300 → $166,500 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $801 (+20.6%)	$675 → $835 (+23.7%)

Dover

Population

2,0451,932

Median household income

$37,188$33,491

Median home value

$105,300$106,700

Median gross rent

$664$801

Russellville

Population

29,19329,057

Median household income

$36,562$48,708

Median home value

$128,300$166,500

Median gross rent

$675$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Russellville
Under 5	11.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	19.5%
25 to 34	15.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	6.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.5%
75 and over	15.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Russellville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	69.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Russellville
No high school diploma	19.2%	15.1%
High school graduate	34.4%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Russellville
Drove alone	78.5%	76.3%
Carpooled	16.8%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Russellville
1-unit, detached	74.6%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Russellville
Poverty rate	24.1%	20.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	16
Median year structure built	1986	1985