Dover vs Morristown

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

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

Morristown has the higher population (20,256 vs 18,420 in Dover). Morristown has the higher median household income ($115,409 vs $70,519 in Dover). Morristown has the higher median home value ($552,800 vs $347,100 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Morristown
Population	18,420	20,256
Median age	41.0 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,519	$115,409
Median home value	$347,100	$552,800
Median gross rent	$1,743	$2,171
Housing units	6,621	9,318
Homeownership rate	44.1%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Morristown
Population	17,977 → 18,420 (+2.5%)	18,909 → 20,256 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$71,903 → $70,519 (-1.9%)	$96,545 → $115,409 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$268,000 → $347,100 (+29.5%)	$472,000 → $552,800 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,461 → $1,743 (+19.3%)	$1,729 → $2,171 (+25.6%)

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

Morristown

Population

18,90920,256

Median household income

$96,545$115,409

Median home value

$472,000$552,800

Median gross rent

$1,729$2,171

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Morristown
Under 5	4.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.6%	10.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	24.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.4%
75 and over	5.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Morristown
White (non-Hispanic)	14.0%	52.6%
Black or African American	3.6%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.2%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	75.0%	29.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Morristown
No high school diploma	23.0%	9.6%
High school graduate	32.7%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Morristown
Drove alone	65.1%	63.2%
Carpooled	12.3%	8.8%
Public transit	2.7%	3.1%
Walked	3.5%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.5%	16.9%
Other means	10.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Morristown
1-unit, detached	45.4%	25.0%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	26.7%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	14.4%
20 or more units	9.4%	33.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Morristown
Poverty rate	11.6%	9.2%
Average household size	2.82	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1953	1968