Dover vs Lincoln Park

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

Dover and Lincoln 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 10,901 in Lincoln Park). Lincoln Park has the higher median household income ($119,000 vs $70,519 in Dover). Lincoln Park has the higher median home value ($419,500 vs $347,100 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Lincoln Park
Population	18,420	10,901
Median age	41.0 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,519	$119,000
Median home value	$347,100	$419,500
Median gross rent	$1,743	$1,824
Housing units	6,621	4,305
Homeownership rate	44.1%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Lincoln Park
Population	17,977 → 18,420 (+2.5%)	10,262 → 10,901 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$71,903 → $70,519 (-1.9%)	$97,003 → $119,000 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$268,000 → $347,100 (+29.5%)	$330,900 → $419,500 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,461 → $1,743 (+19.3%)	$1,643 → $1,824 (+11.0%)

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

Lincoln Park

Population

10,26210,901

Median household income

$97,003$119,000

Median home value

$330,900$419,500

Median gross rent

$1,643$1,824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Lincoln Park
Under 5	4.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	9.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	19.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.5%
75 and over	5.7%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Lincoln Park
White (non-Hispanic)	14.0%	72.8%
Black or African American	3.6%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	75.0%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Lincoln Park
No high school diploma	23.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	32.7%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Lincoln Park
Drove alone	65.1%	74.8%
Carpooled	12.3%	4.6%
Public transit	2.7%	5.1%
Walked	3.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	12.7%
Other means	10.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Lincoln Park
1-unit, detached	45.4%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	19.8%
2 to 4 units	26.7%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	11.4%
20 or more units	9.4%	13.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Lincoln Park
Poverty rate	11.6%	3.4%
Average household size	2.82	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1953	1977