Dover vs Durham

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

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

Dover has the higher population (33,070 vs 10,577 in Durham). Durham has the higher median household income ($109,934 vs $92,748 in Dover). Durham has the higher median home value ($451,000 vs $398,500 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Durham
Population	33,070	10,577
Median age	37.6 yrs	20.0 yrs
Median household income	$92,748	$109,934
Median home value	$398,500	$451,000
Median gross rent	$1,540	$1,338
Housing units	15,439	2,088
Homeownership rate	51.3%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	76.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Durham
Population	31,577 → 33,070 (+4.7%)	11,159 → 10,577 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$71,631 → $92,748 (+29.5%)	$53,523 → $109,934 (+105.4%)
Median home value	$264,700 → $398,500 (+50.5%)	$348,500 → $451,000 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,156 → $1,540 (+33.2%)	$942 → $1,338 (+42.0%)

Dover

Population

31,57733,070

Median household income

$71,631$92,748

Median home value

$264,700$398,500

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,540

Durham

Population

11,15910,577

Median household income

$53,523$109,934

Median home value

$348,500$451,000

Median gross rent

$942$1,338

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Durham
Under 5	4.8%	0.8%
5 to 17	12.0%	5.0%
18 to 24	11.2%	74.1%
25 to 34	18.5%	3.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	3.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	3.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	3.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	3.1%
75 and over	7.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Durham
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	87.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Durham
No high school diploma	3.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	20.2%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	12.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	39.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	37.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Durham
Drove alone	71.6%	42.0%
Carpooled	4.9%	2.9%
Public transit	2.4%	3.6%
Walked	2.2%	35.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	14.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Durham
1-unit, detached	41.5%	39.6%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	16.3%
20 or more units	15.4%	26.1%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Durham
Poverty rate	8.1%	14.5%
Average household size	2.14	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1975	1971