Dover vs Mineral

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

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

Mineral has the higher population (179 vs 122 in Dover). Mineral has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $44,766 in Dover). Dover has the higher median home value ($108,900 vs $73,900 in Mineral).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Mineral
Population	122	179
Median age	59.0 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,766	$51,250
Median home value	$108,900	$73,900
Median gross rent	$825	$1,025
Housing units	80	112
Homeownership rate	81.2%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Mineral
Population	125 → 122 (-2.4%)	228 → 179 (-21.5%)
Median household income	$33,438 → $44,766 (+33.9%)	$37,000 → $51,250 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $108,900 (+74.2%)	$56,700 → $73,900 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,031 → $825 (-20.0%)	$800 → $1,025 (+28.1%)

Dover

Population

125122

Median household income

$33,438$44,766

Median home value

$62,500$108,900

Median gross rent

$1,031$825

Mineral

Population

228179

Median household income

$37,000$51,250

Median home value

$56,700$73,900

Median gross rent

$800$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Mineral
Under 5	4.1%	0.6%
5 to 17	4.9%	19.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	6.7%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	5.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	31.1%	21.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.3%
75 and over	18.9%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Mineral
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
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	4.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Mineral
No high school diploma	9.5%	8.7%
High school graduate	32.4%	59.1%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Mineral
Drove alone	88.5%	88.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Mineral
1-unit, detached	92.5%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Mineral
Poverty rate	16.4%	21.8%
Average household size	1.77	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1962	1952