Dover vs Farmington

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

Dover and Farmington 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 3,753 in Farmington). Dover has the higher median household income ($92,748 vs $51,094 in Farmington). Dover has the higher median home value ($398,500 vs $215,100 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Farmington
Population	33,070	3,753
Median age	37.6 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$92,748	$51,094
Median home value	$398,500	$215,100
Median gross rent	$1,540	$957
Housing units	15,439	1,765
Homeownership rate	51.3%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Farmington
Population	31,577 → 33,070 (+4.7%)	4,477 → 3,753 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$71,631 → $92,748 (+29.5%)	$56,000 → $51,094 (-8.8%)
Median home value	$264,700 → $398,500 (+50.5%)	$165,400 → $215,100 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,156 → $1,540 (+33.2%)	$989 → $957 (-3.2%)

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

Farmington

Population

4,4773,753

Median household income

$56,000$51,094

Median home value

$165,400$215,100

Median gross rent

$989$957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Farmington
Under 5	4.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	12.0%	12.5%
18 to 24	11.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	18.5%	18.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	6.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	28.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	5.2%
75 and over	7.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	92.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	2.2%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Farmington
No high school diploma	3.7%	16.1%
High school graduate	20.2%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Farmington
Drove alone	71.6%	80.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.9%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	10.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Farmington
1-unit, detached	41.5%	52.7%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	18.8%
20 or more units	15.4%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Farmington
Poverty rate	8.1%	12.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1975	1958