Dover vs Priest River

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

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

Priest River has the higher population (2,058 vs 628 in Dover). Dover has the higher median household income ($108,393 vs $57,712 in Priest River). Dover has the higher median home value ($644,400 vs $271,500 in Priest River).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Priest River
Population	628	2,058
Median age	54.4 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$108,393	$57,712
Median home value	$644,400	$271,500
Median gross rent	$1,141	$748
Housing units	389	920
Homeownership rate	91.3%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Priest River
Population	655 → 628 (-4.1%)	1,923 → 2,058 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$74,167 → $108,393 (+46.1%)	$38,125 → $57,712 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$311,100 → $644,400 (+107.1%)	$153,300 → $271,500 (+77.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,556 → $1,141 (-26.7%)	$657 → $748 (+13.9%)

Dover

Population

655628

Median household income

$74,167$108,393

Median home value

$311,100$644,400

Median gross rent

$1,556$1,141

Priest River

Population

1,9232,058

Median household income

$38,125$57,712

Median home value

$153,300$271,500

Median gross rent

$657$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Priest River
Under 5	5.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	4.9%	8.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	16.6%	16.1%
75 and over	19.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Priest River
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	86.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.9%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Priest River
No high school diploma	6.4%	10.2%
High school graduate	18.8%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Priest River
Drove alone	60.9%	78.1%
Carpooled	4.6%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	3.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	2.6%
Worked from home	28.9%	7.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Priest River
1-unit, detached	82.8%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Priest River
Poverty rate	5.6%	7.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	2003	1973