Dover vs Florham Park

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

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

Dover has the higher population (18,420 vs 13,134 in Florham Park). Florham Park has the higher median household income ($147,714 vs $70,519 in Dover). Florham Park has the higher median home value ($722,700 vs $347,100 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Florham Park
Population	18,420	13,134
Median age	41.0 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,519	$147,714
Median home value	$347,100	$722,700
Median gross rent	$1,743	$3,009
Housing units	6,621	4,914
Homeownership rate	44.1%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	66.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Florham Park
Population	17,977 → 18,420 (+2.5%)	11,623 → 13,134 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$71,903 → $70,519 (-1.9%)	$128,071 → $147,714 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$268,000 → $347,100 (+29.5%)	$645,800 → $722,700 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,461 → $1,743 (+19.3%)	$2,441 → $3,009 (+23.3%)

Dover

Population

17,97718,420

Median household income

$71,903$70,519

Median home value

$268,000$347,100

Median gross rent

$1,461$1,743

Florham Park

Population

11,62313,134

Median household income

$128,071$147,714

Median home value

$645,800$722,700

Median gross rent

$2,441$3,009

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Florham Park
Under 5	4.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	18.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.4%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.6%
75 and over	5.7%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Florham Park
White (non-Hispanic)	14.0%	66.8%
Black or African American	3.6%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	10.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	75.0%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Florham Park
No high school diploma	23.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	32.7%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	34.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	31.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Florham Park
Drove alone	65.1%	57.5%
Carpooled	12.3%	5.1%
Public transit	2.7%	5.3%
Walked	3.5%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	26.4%
Other means	10.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Florham Park
1-unit, detached	45.4%	49.7%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	26.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	16.3%
20 or more units	9.4%	16.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Florham Park
Poverty rate	11.6%	7.8%
Average household size	2.82	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1953	1984