Amenia vs Dover Plains

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

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

Dover Plains has the higher population (1,077 vs 928 in Amenia). Amenia has the higher median household income ($82,781 vs $62,813 in Dover Plains). Amenia has the higher median home value ($269,200 vs $264,000 in Dover Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Amenia	Dover Plains
Population	928	1,077
Median age	41.1 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,781	$62,813
Median home value	$269,200	$264,000
Median gross rent	$1,345	$1,051
Housing units	459	484
Homeownership rate	53.8%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amenia	Dover Plains
Population	1,074 → 928 (-13.6%)	1,096 → 1,077 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$67,750 → $82,781 (+22.2%)	$41,111 → $62,813 (+52.8%)
Median home value	$239,900 → $269,200 (+12.2%)	$161,200 → $264,000 (+63.8%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,345 (+39.7%)	$845 → $1,051 (+24.4%)

Amenia

Population

1,074928

Median household income

$67,750$82,781

Median home value

$239,900$269,200

Median gross rent

$963$1,345

Dover Plains

Population

1,0961,077

Median household income

$41,111$62,813

Median home value

$161,200$264,000

Median gross rent

$845$1,051

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amenia	Dover Plains
Under 5	8.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	9.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	18.2%
35 to 44	6.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	15.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.1%	29.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	6.5%
75 and over	9.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amenia	Dover Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	64.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	34.4%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amenia	Dover Plains
No high school diploma	19.6%	17.6%
High school graduate	24.7%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amenia	Dover Plains
Drove alone	76.4%	80.9%
Carpooled	1.4%	0.0%
Public transit	3.0%	16.6%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amenia	Dover Plains
1-unit, detached	69.9%	44.4%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	24.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Amenia	Dover Plains
Poverty rate	7.1%	30.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	44
Median year structure built	1942	1958