Dover vs Sardis

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

Dover and Sardis 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 59 in Sardis). Dover has the higher median household income ($65,250 vs $35,417 in Sardis). Sardis has the higher median home value ($101,800 vs $85,000 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Sardis
Population	258	59
Median age	33.6 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,250	$35,417
Median home value	$85,000	$101,800
Median gross rent	$594	—
Housing units	104	27
Homeownership rate	88.9%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.6%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Sardis
Population	266 → 258 (-3.0%)	75 → 59 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$44,286 → $65,250 (+47.3%)	$21,250 → $35,417 (+66.7%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $85,000 (+9.7%)	$62,500 → $101,800 (+62.9%)
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

Sardis

Population

7559

Median household income

$21,250$35,417

Median home value

$62,500$101,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Sardis
Under 5	15.1%	8.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	19.4%	1.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	18.6%
55 to 64	10.5%	10.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	23.7%
75 and over	8.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Sardis
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
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	Sardis
No high school diploma	16.3%	19.5%
High school graduate	31.9%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Sardis
Drove alone	99.0%	63.2%
Carpooled	1.0%	31.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Sardis
1-unit, detached	61.5%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.5%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Sardis
Poverty rate	15.5%	18.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1974	1958