Dover vs Madison

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

Dover and Madison 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 16,464 in Madison). Madison has the higher median household income ($168,469 vs $70,519 in Dover). Madison has the higher median home value ($882,900 vs $347,100 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Madison
Population	18,420	16,464
Median age	41.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,519	$168,469
Median home value	$347,100	$882,900
Median gross rent	$1,743	$2,248
Housing units	6,621	5,721
Homeownership rate	44.1%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	70.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Madison
Population	17,977 → 18,420 (+2.5%)	16,377 → 16,464 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$71,903 → $70,519 (-1.9%)	$146,157 → $168,469 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$268,000 → $347,100 (+29.5%)	$724,700 → $882,900 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,461 → $1,743 (+19.3%)	$1,807 → $2,248 (+24.4%)

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

Madison

Population

16,37716,464

Median household income

$146,157$168,469

Median home value

$724,700$882,900

Median gross rent

$1,807$2,248

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Madison
Under 5	4.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	13.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	6.9%
75 and over	5.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Madison
White (non-Hispanic)	14.0%	73.8%
Black or African American	3.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	75.0%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Madison
No high school diploma	23.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	32.7%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	11.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	39.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	30.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Madison
Drove alone	65.1%	52.9%
Carpooled	12.3%	3.4%
Public transit	2.7%	8.1%
Walked	3.5%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.5%	25.2%
Other means	10.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Madison
1-unit, detached	45.4%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	26.7%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	7.8%
20 or more units	9.4%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Madison
Poverty rate	11.6%	2.8%
Average household size	2.82	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1953	1959