Balm vs Dover

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

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

Balm has the higher population (5,362 vs 3,157 in Dover). Balm has the higher median household income ($104,347 vs $42,222 in Dover). Balm has the higher median home value ($312,600 vs $215,500 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Balm	Dover
Population	5,362	3,157
Median age	33.5 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$104,347	$42,222
Median home value	$312,600	$215,500
Median gross rent	$1,679	$840
Housing units	2,015	1,094
Homeownership rate	86.5%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balm	Dover
Population	4,362 → 5,362 (+22.9%)	2,938 → 3,157 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$83,993 → $104,347 (+24.2%)	$33,818 → $42,222 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$218,500 → $312,600 (+43.1%)	$110,600 → $215,500 (+94.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,534 → $1,679 (+9.5%)	$636 → $840 (+32.1%)

Balm

Population

4,3625,362

Median household income

$83,993$104,347

Median home value

$218,500$312,600

Median gross rent

$1,534$1,679

Dover

Population

2,9383,157

Median household income

$33,818$42,222

Median home value

$110,600$215,500

Median gross rent

$636$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balm	Dover
Under 5	9.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	22.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	20.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	21.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	16.6%
55 to 64	4.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.3%
75 and over	1.3%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balm	Dover
White (non-Hispanic)	36.3%	39.2%
Black or African American	32.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	58.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balm	Dover
No high school diploma	18.2%	43.0%
High school graduate	27.5%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balm	Dover
Drove alone	73.6%	51.7%
Carpooled	14.7%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	13.2%
Worked from home	11.8%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balm	Dover
1-unit, detached	87.5%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Balm	Dover
Poverty rate	2.7%	35.5%
Average household size	2.79	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	38	36
Median year structure built	2014	1986