Dover vs Rising Sun-Lebanon

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

Dover 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.

Dover has the higher population (39,491 vs 4,195 in Rising Sun-Lebanon). Rising Sun-Lebanon has the higher median household income ($109,167 vs $58,336 in Dover). Rising Sun-Lebanon has the higher median home value ($388,600 vs $248,500 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Population	39,491	4,195
Median age	35.1 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,336	$109,167
Median home value	$248,500	$388,600
Median gross rent	$1,252	$1,749
Housing units	16,659	1,242
Homeownership rate	47.0%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Population	37,523 → 39,491 (+5.2%)	4,065 → 4,195 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$47,669 → $58,336 (+22.4%)	$72,273 → $109,167 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$175,300 → $248,500 (+41.8%)	$293,300 → $388,600 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,038 → $1,252 (+20.6%)	$1,350 → $1,749 (+29.6%)

Dover

Population

37,52339,491

Median household income

$47,669$58,336

Median home value

$175,300$248,500

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,252

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	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Under 5	4.8%	8.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	23.2%
18 to 24	16.2%	2.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	20.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	7.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.2%
75 and over	9.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Rising Sun-Lebanon
White (non-Hispanic)	35.0%	55.2%
Black or African American	43.9%	30.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	2.8%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Rising Sun-Lebanon
No high school diploma	9.6%	11.2%
High school graduate	30.9%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Drove alone	72.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	12.2%
Public transit	1.9%	2.5%
Walked	6.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	2.2%
Other means	1.1%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Rising Sun-Lebanon
1-unit, detached	40.5%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	15.6%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Poverty rate	17.5%	7.5%
Average household size	2.31	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1985	2002