Bureau Junction vs Dover

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

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

Bureau Junction has the higher population (279 vs 122 in Dover). Bureau Junction has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $44,766 in Dover). Dover has the higher median home value ($108,900 vs $53,700 in Bureau Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Bureau Junction	Dover
Population	279	122
Median age	36.5 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$44,766
Median home value	$53,700	$108,900
Median gross rent	$1,821	$825
Housing units	142	80
Homeownership rate	59.1%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bureau Junction	Dover
Population	240 → 279 (+16.3%)	125 → 122 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $54,063 (+0.6%)	$33,438 → $44,766 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$48,500 → $53,700 (+10.7%)	$62,500 → $108,900 (+74.2%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $1,821 (+167.4%)	$1,031 → $825 (-20.0%)

Bureau Junction

Population

240279

Median household income

$53,750$54,063

Median home value

$48,500$53,700

Median gross rent

$681$1,821

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)

	Bureau Junction	Dover
Under 5	7.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	4.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.9%
25 to 34	18.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	19.0%	5.7%
55 to 64	7.9%	31.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.7%
75 and over	3.2%	18.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bureau Junction	Dover
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	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	4.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bureau Junction	Dover
No high school diploma	19.4%	9.5%
High school graduate	43.4%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bureau Junction	Dover
Drove alone	85.9%	88.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	0.0%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bureau Junction	Dover
1-unit, detached	89.4%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Bureau Junction	Dover
Poverty rate	25.4%	16.4%
Average household size	2.54	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	34	19
Median year structure built	1951	1962