Bellingham vs Dover

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

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

Bellingham has the higher population (4,939 vs 2,386 in Dover). Dover has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $88,731 in Bellingham). Dover has the higher median home value ($1,230,600 vs $385,300 in Bellingham).

Population, income & housing

	Bellingham	Dover
Population	4,939	2,386
Median age	46.9 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,731	$250,001
Median home value	$385,300	$1,230,600
Median gross rent	$1,995	—
Housing units	2,138	792
Homeownership rate	66.0%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	83.8%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellingham	Dover
Population	4,383 → 4,939 (+12.7%)	2,539 → 2,386 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$87,045 → $88,731 (+1.9%)	$216,250 → $250,001 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$278,300 → $385,300 (+38.4%)	$951,800 → $1,230,600 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,995 (+52.2%)	$3,125 → $3,501 (+12.0%)

Bellingham

Population

4,3834,939

Median household income

$87,045$88,731

Median home value

$278,300$385,300

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,995

Dover

Population

2,5392,386

Median household income

$216,250$250,001

Median home value

$951,800$1,230,600

Median gross rent

$3,125$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellingham	Dover
Under 5	4.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	21.8%
18 to 24	11.8%	10.6%
25 to 34	8.9%	3.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	15.3%	18.9%
55 to 64	16.9%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	13.1%
75 and over	8.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellingham	Dover
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	75.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	12.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellingham	Dover
No high school diploma	5.5%	1.3%
High school graduate	30.5%	3.1%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	11.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	39.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	44.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellingham	Dover
Drove alone	82.6%	50.6%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.6%
Public transit	0.9%	3.9%
Walked	0.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	34.8%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellingham	Dover
1-unit, detached	55.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellingham	Dover
Poverty rate	1.8%	2.8%
Average household size	2.31	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	34	40
Median year structure built	1979	1968