Dover vs Milton

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

Dover and Milton 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 382 in Milton). Dover has the higher median household income ($92,748 vs $55,313 in Milton). Dover has the higher median home value ($398,500 vs $225,000 in Milton).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Milton
Population	33,070	382
Median age	37.6 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$92,748	$55,313
Median home value	$398,500	$225,000
Median gross rent	$1,540	$1,075
Housing units	15,439	220
Homeownership rate	51.3%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Milton
Population	31,577 → 33,070 (+4.7%)	400 → 382 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$71,631 → $92,748 (+29.5%)	$63,974 → $55,313 (-13.5%)
Median home value	$264,700 → $398,500 (+50.5%)	$159,700 → $225,000 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,156 → $1,540 (+33.2%)	$686 → $1,075 (+56.7%)

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

Milton

Population

400382

Median household income

$63,974$55,313

Median home value

$159,700$225,000

Median gross rent

$686$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Milton
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	9.7%
18 to 24	11.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	18.5%	5.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	29.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	27.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	17.8%
75 and over	7.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	90.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	9.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Milton
No high school diploma	3.7%	19.3%
High school graduate	20.2%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Milton
Drove alone	71.6%	86.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	0.0%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	13.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Milton
1-unit, detached	41.5%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	32.3%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Milton
Poverty rate	8.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.14	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1975	1938