Dover Plains vs Hillside Lake

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

Dover Plains and Hillside Lake 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 1,073 in Hillside Lake). Hillside Lake has the higher median household income ($98,438 vs $62,813 in Dover Plains). Hillside Lake has the higher median home value ($305,800 vs $264,000 in Dover Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Dover Plains	Hillside Lake
Population	1,077	1,073
Median age	50.0 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,813	$98,438
Median home value	$264,000	$305,800
Median gross rent	$1,051	—
Housing units	484	412
Homeownership rate	48.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover Plains	Hillside Lake
Population	1,096 → 1,077 (-1.7%)	1,200 → 1,073 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$41,111 → $62,813 (+52.8%)	$112,950 → $98,438 (-12.8%)
Median home value	$161,200 → $264,000 (+63.8%)	$230,700 → $305,800 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,051 (+24.4%)	—

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

Hillside Lake

Population

1,2001,073

Median household income

$112,950$98,438

Median home value

$230,700$305,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover Plains	Hillside Lake
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.7%	11.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.1%
25 to 34	18.2%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	29.8%	20.3%
65 to 74	6.5%	19.7%
75 and over	8.3%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover Plains	Hillside Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	95.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover Plains	Hillside Lake
No high school diploma	17.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.4%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover Plains	Hillside Lake
Drove alone	80.9%	79.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.9%
Public transit	16.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.2%
Worked from home	2.6%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover Plains	Hillside Lake
1-unit, detached	44.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover Plains	Hillside Lake
Poverty rate	30.5%	1.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	44	29
Median year structure built	1958	1969