Dover vs Rochester

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

Dover and Rochester 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 32,866 in Rochester). Dover has the higher median household income ($92,748 vs $79,388 in Rochester). Dover has the higher median home value ($398,500 vs $262,600 in Rochester).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Rochester
Population	33,070	32,866
Median age	37.6 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,748	$79,388
Median home value	$398,500	$262,600
Median gross rent	$1,540	$1,220
Housing units	15,439	14,613
Homeownership rate	51.3%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Rochester
Population	31,577 → 33,070 (+4.7%)	30,955 → 32,866 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$71,631 → $92,748 (+29.5%)	$62,179 → $79,388 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$264,700 → $398,500 (+50.5%)	$172,300 → $262,600 (+52.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,156 → $1,540 (+33.2%)	$1,041 → $1,220 (+17.2%)

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

Rochester

Population

30,95532,866

Median household income

$62,179$79,388

Median home value

$172,300$262,600

Median gross rent

$1,041$1,220

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Rochester
Under 5	4.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	14.5%
18 to 24	11.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	18.5%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.1%
75 and over	7.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	92.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Rochester
No high school diploma	3.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	20.2%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Rochester
Drove alone	71.6%	76.6%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.8%
Public transit	2.4%	1.2%
Walked	2.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.6%	12.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Rochester
1-unit, detached	41.5%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	8.0%
20 or more units	15.4%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Rochester
Poverty rate	8.1%	8.5%
Average household size	2.14	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1975	1979