Dover vs Ponderay

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

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

Ponderay has the higher population (1,456 vs 628 in Dover). Dover has the higher median household income ($108,393 vs $50,119 in Ponderay). Dover has the higher median home value ($644,400 vs $391,700 in Ponderay).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Ponderay
Population	628	1,456
Median age	54.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$108,393	$50,119
Median home value	$644,400	$391,700
Median gross rent	$1,141	$988
Housing units	389	699
Homeownership rate	91.3%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Ponderay
Population	655 → 628 (-4.1%)	1,098 → 1,456 (+32.6%)
Median household income	$74,167 → $108,393 (+46.1%)	$37,155 → $50,119 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$311,100 → $644,400 (+107.1%)	$161,800 → $391,700 (+142.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,556 → $1,141 (-26.7%)	$771 → $988 (+28.1%)

Dover

Population

655628

Median household income

$74,167$108,393

Median home value

$311,100$644,400

Median gross rent

$1,556$1,141

Ponderay

Population

1,0981,456

Median household income

$37,155$50,119

Median home value

$161,800$391,700

Median gross rent

$771$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Ponderay
Under 5	5.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	4.3%	10.3%
25 to 34	4.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.7%
65 to 74	16.6%	13.0%
75 and over	19.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Ponderay
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	80.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.0%
Two or more races	9.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Ponderay
No high school diploma	6.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	18.8%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Ponderay
Drove alone	60.9%	65.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	6.2%
Walked	3.0%	11.8%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	28.9%	4.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Ponderay
1-unit, detached	82.8%	29.0%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	25.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Ponderay
Poverty rate	5.6%	19.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	19	10
Median year structure built	2003	1993