Dover vs Lake Lafayette

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

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

Lake Lafayette has the higher population (227 vs 123 in Dover). Dover has the higher median household income ($53,125 vs $34,375 in Lake Lafayette). Dover has the higher median home value ($183,300 vs $76,600 in Lake Lafayette).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Lake Lafayette
Population	123	227
Median age	33.7 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$34,375
Median home value	$183,300	$76,600
Median gross rent	$913	—
Housing units	57	109
Homeownership rate	82.9%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Lake Lafayette
Population	81 → 123 (+51.9%)	255 → 227 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $53,125 (+17.2%)	$29,038 → $34,375 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$69,100 → $183,300 (+165.3%)	$54,500 → $76,600 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $913 (+24.9%)	$1,031 → $1,000 (-3.0%)

Dover

Population

81123

Median household income

$45,313$53,125

Median home value

$69,100$183,300

Median gross rent

$731$913

Lake Lafayette

Population

255227

Median household income

$29,038$34,375

Median home value

$54,500$76,600

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Lake Lafayette
Under 5	8.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	30.9%	22.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	9.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	7.3%	7.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	20.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	17.2%
75 and over	8.9%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Lake Lafayette
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Lake Lafayette
No high school diploma	4.1%	13.0%
High school graduate	33.8%	60.5%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Lake Lafayette
Drove alone	56.8%	69.4%
Carpooled	37.8%	21.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Lake Lafayette
1-unit, detached	80.7%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	35.8%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Lake Lafayette
Poverty rate	4.9%	39.6%
Average household size	3.00	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1956	1986