Bates City vs Dover

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

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

Bates City has the higher population (183 vs 123 in Dover). Bates City has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $53,125 in Dover). Bates City has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $183,300 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Bates City	Dover
Population	183	123
Median age	43.4 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,333	$53,125
Median home value	$212,500	$183,300
Median gross rent	$1,268	$913
Housing units	76	57
Homeownership rate	72.6%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bates City	Dover
Population	203 → 183 (-9.9%)	81 → 123 (+51.9%)
Median household income	$54,167 → $83,333 (+53.8%)	$45,313 → $53,125 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $212,500 (+75.9%)	$69,100 → $183,300 (+165.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $1,268 (+25.0%)	$731 → $913 (+24.9%)

Bates City

Population

203183

Median household income

$54,167$83,333

Median home value

$120,800$212,500

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,268

Dover

Population

81123

Median household income

$45,313$53,125

Median home value

$69,100$183,300

Median gross rent

$731$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bates City	Dover
Under 5	3.8%	8.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	30.9%
18 to 24	9.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	14.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	8.1%
45 to 54	13.7%	7.3%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	14.2%	7.3%
75 and over	7.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bates City	Dover
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.5%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bates City	Dover
No high school diploma	9.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	44.4%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bates City	Dover
Drove alone	77.1%	56.8%
Carpooled	12.9%	37.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bates City	Dover
1-unit, detached	72.4%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Bates City	Dover
Poverty rate	3.3%	4.9%
Average household size	2.95	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1985	1956