Dover Base Housing vs Rising Sun-Lebanon

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

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

Rising Sun-Lebanon has the higher population (4,195 vs 3,026 in Dover Base Housing). Rising Sun-Lebanon has the higher median household income ($109,167 vs $71,181 in Dover Base Housing). Since 2019, Rising Sun-Lebanon's population has grown faster (+3.2% vs -16.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Dover Base Housing	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Population	3,026	4,195
Median age	25.5 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,181	$109,167
Median home value	—	$388,600
Median gross rent	$1,953	$1,749
Housing units	1,268	1,242
Homeownership rate	0.0%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover Base Housing	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Population	3,614 → 3,026 (-16.3%)	4,065 → 4,195 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$43,967 → $71,181 (+61.9%)	$72,273 → $109,167 (+51.0%)
Median home value	—	$293,300 → $388,600 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,568 → $1,953 (+24.6%)	$1,350 → $1,749 (+29.6%)

Dover Base Housing

Population

3,6143,026

Median household income

$43,967$71,181

Median gross rent

$1,568$1,953

Rising Sun-Lebanon

Population

4,0654,195

Median household income

$72,273$109,167

Median home value

$293,300$388,600

Median gross rent

$1,350$1,749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover Base Housing	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Under 5	9.5%	8.7%
5 to 17	26.1%	23.2%
18 to 24	13.0%	2.6%
25 to 34	26.0%	20.9%
35 to 44	16.8%	7.7%
45 to 54	5.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	1.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	1.8%	10.2%
75 and over	0.3%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover Base Housing	Rising Sun-Lebanon
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	55.2%
Black or African American	11.3%	30.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.4%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover Base Housing	Rising Sun-Lebanon
No high school diploma	6.0%	11.2%
High school graduate	15.7%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover Base Housing	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Drove alone	82.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	14.6%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover Base Housing	Rising Sun-Lebanon
1-unit, detached	4.1%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	88.6%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover Base Housing	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Poverty rate	2.4%	7.5%
Average household size	2.67	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	12	29
Median year structure built	2001	2002