Dover vs Oronoco

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

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

Oronoco has the higher population (1,665 vs 863 in Dover). Oronoco has the higher median household income ($146,875 vs $112,500 in Dover). Oronoco has the higher median home value ($468,700 vs $281,300 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Oronoco
Population	863	1,665
Median age	28.6 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$112,500	$146,875
Median home value	$281,300	$468,700
Median gross rent	$852	$1,063
Housing units	290	548
Homeownership rate	88.4%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Oronoco
Population	763 → 863 (+13.1%)	1,577 → 1,665 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$75,568 → $112,500 (+48.9%)	$121,250 → $146,875 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$169,700 → $281,300 (+65.8%)	$308,100 → $468,700 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $852 (+26.2%)	$938 → $1,063 (+13.3%)

Dover

Population

763863

Median household income

$75,568$112,500

Median home value

$169,700$281,300

Median gross rent

$675$852

Oronoco

Population

1,5771,665

Median household income

$121,250$146,875

Median home value

$308,100$468,700

Median gross rent

$938$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Oronoco
Under 5	7.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	32.3%	28.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	16.9%	20.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	8.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	2.5%	6.0%
75 and over	1.9%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Oronoco
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Oronoco
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	18.9%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	44.1%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	34.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Oronoco
Drove alone	70.9%	73.2%
Carpooled	14.1%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	13.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Oronoco
1-unit, detached	88.6%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Oronoco
Poverty rate	4.5%	2.4%
Average household size	3.13	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	2000	1998