Dover Base Housing vs Harrington

A side-by-side comparison of Dover Base Housing and Harrington: population, income, housing, and more.

Dover Base Housing and Harrington are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harrington has the higher population (3,805 vs 3,026 in Dover Base Housing). Harrington has the higher median household income ($72,606 vs $71,181 in Dover Base Housing). Since 2019, Harrington's population has grown faster (+4.2% vs -16.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Dover Base Housing	Harrington
Population	3,026	3,805
Median age	25.5 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,181	$72,606
Median home value	—	$222,100
Median gross rent	$1,953	$1,136
Housing units	1,268	1,669
Homeownership rate	0.0%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover Base Housing	Harrington
Population	3,614 → 3,026 (-16.3%)	3,652 → 3,805 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$43,967 → $71,181 (+61.9%)	$50,160 → $72,606 (+44.7%)
Median home value	—	$181,300 → $222,100 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,568 → $1,953 (+24.6%)	$936 → $1,136 (+21.4%)

Dover Base Housing

Population

3,6143,026

Median household income

$43,967$71,181

Median gross rent

$1,568$1,953

Harrington

Population

3,6523,805

Median household income

$50,160$72,606

Median home value

$181,300$222,100

Median gross rent

$936$1,136

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover Base Housing	Harrington
Under 5	9.5%	12.1%
5 to 17	26.1%	20.3%
18 to 24	13.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	26.0%	19.6%
35 to 44	16.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	5.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	1.0%	8.1%
65 to 74	1.8%	4.8%
75 and over	0.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover Base Housing	Harrington
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	70.3%
Black or African American	11.3%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover Base Housing	Harrington
No high school diploma	6.0%	8.7%
High school graduate	15.7%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover Base Housing	Harrington
Drove alone	82.8%	82.2%
Carpooled	14.6%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover Base Housing	Harrington
1-unit, detached	4.1%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	88.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.8%
20 or more units	0.5%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Dover Base Housing	Harrington
Poverty rate	2.4%	10.9%
Average household size	2.67	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	12	26
Median year structure built	2001	1969