Dover vs Sandpoint

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

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

Sandpoint has the higher population (9,244 vs 628 in Dover). Dover has the higher median household income ($108,393 vs $67,769 in Sandpoint). Dover has the higher median home value ($644,400 vs $449,500 in Sandpoint).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Sandpoint
Population	628	9,244
Median age	54.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$108,393	$67,769
Median home value	$644,400	$449,500
Median gross rent	$1,141	$1,047
Housing units	389	4,137
Homeownership rate	91.3%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Sandpoint
Population	655 → 628 (-4.1%)	8,386 → 9,244 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$74,167 → $108,393 (+46.1%)	$43,938 → $67,769 (+54.2%)
Median home value	$311,100 → $644,400 (+107.1%)	$249,400 → $449,500 (+80.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,556 → $1,141 (-26.7%)	$965 → $1,047 (+8.5%)

Dover

Population

655628

Median household income

$74,167$108,393

Median home value

$311,100$644,400

Median gross rent

$1,556$1,141

Sandpoint

Population

8,3869,244

Median household income

$43,938$67,769

Median home value

$249,400$449,500

Median gross rent

$965$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Sandpoint
Under 5	5.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	4.3%	3.0%
25 to 34	4.9%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	16.6%	10.8%
75 and over	19.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Sandpoint
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	86.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	9.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Sandpoint
No high school diploma	6.4%	8.2%
High school graduate	18.8%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Sandpoint
Drove alone	60.9%	69.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	3.0%	5.7%
Bicycle	1.5%	4.9%
Worked from home	28.9%	10.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Sandpoint
1-unit, detached	82.8%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	13.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Sandpoint
Poverty rate	5.6%	16.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	2003	1985