Arlington vs Dover

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

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

Arlington has the higher population (181 vs 122 in Dover). Arlington has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $44,766 in Dover). Dover has the higher median home value ($108,900 vs $103,400 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Dover
Population	181	122
Median age	50.3 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$44,766
Median home value	$103,400	$108,900
Median gross rent	$1,018	$825
Housing units	91	80
Homeownership rate	83.3%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Dover
Population	237 → 181 (-23.6%)	125 → 122 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$72,813 → $63,750 (-12.4%)	$33,438 → $44,766 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $103,400 (+19.3%)	$62,500 → $108,900 (+74.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,018 (-14.3%)	$1,031 → $825 (-20.0%)

Arlington

Population

237181

Median household income

$72,813$63,750

Median home value

$86,700$103,400

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,018

Dover

Population

125122

Median household income

$33,438$44,766

Median home value

$62,500$108,900

Median gross rent

$1,031$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Dover
Under 5	1.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	4.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.9%
25 to 34	5.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	5.7%
55 to 64	24.3%	31.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.7%
75 and over	5.5%	18.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Dover
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Dover
No high school diploma	12.6%	9.5%
High school graduate	31.1%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Dover
Drove alone	81.9%	88.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	2.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Dover
1-unit, detached	98.9%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Dover
Poverty rate	16.0%	16.4%
Average household size	2.32	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	1949	1962