Dover vs Maysville

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

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

Maysville has the higher population (8,778 vs 258 in Dover). Dover has the higher median household income ($65,250 vs $41,923 in Maysville). Maysville has the higher median home value ($152,100 vs $85,000 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Maysville
Population	258	8,778
Median age	33.6 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,250	$41,923
Median home value	$85,000	$152,100
Median gross rent	$594	$700
Housing units	104	4,604
Homeownership rate	88.9%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.6%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Maysville
Population	266 → 258 (-3.0%)	8,782 → 8,778 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$44,286 → $65,250 (+47.3%)	$35,102 → $41,923 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $85,000 (+9.7%)	$132,200 → $152,100 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $594 (+0.3%)	$628 → $700 (+11.5%)

Dover

Population

266258

Median household income

$44,286$65,250

Median home value

$77,500$85,000

Median gross rent

$592$594

Maysville

Population

8,7828,778

Median household income

$35,102$41,923

Median home value

$132,200$152,100

Median gross rent

$628$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Maysville
Under 5	15.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	19.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	8.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	13.7%
75 and over	8.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Maysville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Maysville
No high school diploma	16.3%	15.3%
High school graduate	31.9%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Maysville
Drove alone	99.0%	88.0%
Carpooled	1.0%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Maysville
1-unit, detached	61.5%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	38.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Maysville
Poverty rate	15.5%	23.8%
Average household size	2.61	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1974	1969