Dover vs Parsippany

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

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

Parsippany has the higher population (21,869 vs 18,420 in Dover). Parsippany has the higher median household income ($102,152 vs $70,519 in Dover). Parsippany has the higher median home value ($540,800 vs $347,100 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Parsippany
Population	18,420	21,869
Median age	41.0 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,519	$102,152
Median home value	$347,100	$540,800
Median gross rent	$1,743	$1,732
Housing units	6,621	9,331
Homeownership rate	44.1%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	60.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Parsippany
Population	17,977 → 18,420 (+2.5%)	20,439 → 21,869 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$71,903 → $70,519 (-1.9%)	$94,349 → $102,152 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$268,000 → $347,100 (+29.5%)	$446,000 → $540,800 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,461 → $1,743 (+19.3%)	$1,408 → $1,732 (+23.0%)

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

Parsippany

Population

20,43921,869

Median household income

$94,349$102,152

Median home value

$446,000$540,800

Median gross rent

$1,408$1,732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Parsippany
Under 5	4.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	12.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	16.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.6%
75 and over	5.7%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Parsippany
White (non-Hispanic)	14.0%	40.3%
Black or African American	3.6%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	45.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	75.0%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Parsippany
No high school diploma	23.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	32.7%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Parsippany
Drove alone	65.1%	69.1%
Carpooled	12.3%	9.2%
Public transit	2.7%	3.4%
Walked	3.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.5%	16.2%
Other means	10.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Parsippany
1-unit, detached	45.4%	47.3%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	26.7%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	12.6%
20 or more units	9.4%	26.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Parsippany
Poverty rate	11.6%	5.9%
Average household size	2.82	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1953	1968