Dover vs Medfield

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

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

Medfield has the higher population (6,355 vs 2,386 in Dover). Dover has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $186,625 in Medfield). Dover has the higher median home value ($1,230,600 vs $734,200 in Medfield).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Medfield
Population	2,386	6,355
Median age	46.6 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$186,625
Median home value	$1,230,600	$734,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,667
Housing units	792	2,567
Homeownership rate	97.4%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.8%	72.1%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Medfield
Population	2,539 → 2,386 (-6.0%)	6,966 → 6,355 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$216,250 → $250,001 (+15.6%)	$127,048 → $186,625 (+46.9%)
Median home value	$951,800 → $1,230,600 (+29.3%)	$615,200 → $734,200 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$3,125 → $3,501 (+12.0%)	$1,347 → $1,667 (+23.8%)

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

Medfield

Population

6,9666,355

Median household income

$127,048$186,625

Median home value

$615,200$734,200

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Medfield
Under 5	2.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	21.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	3.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	18.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.6%	19.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.6%
75 and over	4.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Medfield
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.8%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Medfield
No high school diploma	1.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	3.1%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	11.8%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	39.6%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	44.2%	32.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Medfield
Drove alone	50.6%	51.9%
Carpooled	7.6%	4.6%
Public transit	3.9%	6.5%
Walked	2.2%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.8%	34.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Medfield
1-unit, detached	100.0%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Medfield
Poverty rate	2.8%	3.8%
Average household size	3.06	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	40	34
Median year structure built	1968	1965