Dover Base Housing vs Kent Acres

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

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

Dover Base Housing has the higher population (3,026 vs 2,540 in Kent Acres). Kent Acres has the higher median household income ($71,848 vs $71,181 in Dover Base Housing). Since 2019, Kent Acres's population has grown faster (+0.8% vs -16.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Dover Base Housing	Kent Acres
Population	3,026	2,540
Median age	25.5 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,181	$71,848
Median home value	—	$213,400
Median gross rent	$1,953	$1,641
Housing units	1,268	965
Homeownership rate	0.0%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover Base Housing	Kent Acres
Population	3,614 → 3,026 (-16.3%)	2,519 → 2,540 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$43,967 → $71,181 (+61.9%)	$44,750 → $71,848 (+60.6%)
Median home value	—	$212,800 → $213,400 (+0.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,568 → $1,953 (+24.6%)	$1,194 → $1,641 (+37.4%)

Dover Base Housing

Population

3,6143,026

Median household income

$43,967$71,181

Median gross rent

$1,568$1,953

Kent Acres

Population

2,5192,540

Median household income

$44,750$71,848

Median home value

$212,800$213,400

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,641

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover Base Housing	Kent Acres
Under 5	9.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	26.1%	24.4%
18 to 24	13.0%	14.4%
25 to 34	26.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	16.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	5.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	1.0%	8.4%
65 to 74	1.8%	7.7%
75 and over	0.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover Base Housing	Kent Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	33.9%
Black or African American	11.3%	29.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	23.2%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover Base Housing	Kent Acres
No high school diploma	6.0%	13.5%
High school graduate	15.7%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover Base Housing	Kent Acres
Drove alone	82.8%	83.4%
Carpooled	14.6%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover Base Housing	Kent Acres
1-unit, detached	4.1%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	88.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Dover Base Housing	Kent Acres
Poverty rate	2.4%	19.1%
Average household size	2.67	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	12	22
Median year structure built	2001	1981