Dover vs Mays Lick

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

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

Dover has the higher population (258 vs 97 in Mays Lick). Dover has the higher median household income ($65,250 vs $39,688 in Mays Lick). Since 2019, Dover's population has grown faster (-3.0% vs -66.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Mays Lick
Population	258	97
Median age	33.6 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,250	$39,688
Median home value	$85,000	—
Median gross rent	$594	—
Housing units	104	160
Homeownership rate	88.9%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.6%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Mays Lick
Population	266 → 258 (-3.0%)	293 → 97 (-66.9%)
Median household income	$44,286 → $65,250 (+47.3%)	$73,333 → $39,688 (-45.9%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $85,000 (+9.7%)	$97,500 → $87,500 (-10.3%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $594 (+0.3%)	—

Dover

Population

266258

Median household income

$44,286$65,250

Median home value

$77,500$85,000

Median gross rent

$592$594

Mays Lick

Population

29397

Median household income

$73,333$39,688

Median home value

$97,500$87,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Mays Lick
Under 5	15.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	19.4%	7.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.5%
55 to 64	10.5%	20.6%
65 to 74	7.4%	18.6%
75 and over	8.5%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Mays Lick
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.2%
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	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Mays Lick
No high school diploma	16.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	31.9%	57.0%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Mays Lick
Drove alone	99.0%	50.0%
Carpooled	1.0%	28.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	21.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Mays Lick
1-unit, detached	61.5%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Mays Lick
Poverty rate	15.5%	39.2%
Average household size	2.61	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1974	2003