Dover Plains vs Hopewell Junction

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

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

Hopewell Junction has the higher population (1,113 vs 1,077 in Dover Plains). Hopewell Junction has the higher median household income ($77,391 vs $62,813 in Dover Plains). Hopewell Junction has the higher median home value ($686,300 vs $264,000 in Dover Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Dover Plains	Hopewell Junction
Population	1,077	1,113
Median age	50.0 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,813	$77,391
Median home value	$264,000	$686,300
Median gross rent	$1,051	$1,469
Housing units	484	442
Homeownership rate	48.6%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	51.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover Plains	Hopewell Junction
Population	1,096 → 1,077 (-1.7%)	510 → 1,113 (+118.2%)
Median household income	$41,111 → $62,813 (+52.8%)	$104,250 → $77,391 (-25.8%)
Median home value	$161,200 → $264,000 (+63.8%)	$251,700 → $686,300 (+172.7%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,051 (+24.4%)	$1,098 → $1,469 (+33.8%)

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

Hopewell Junction

Population

5101,113

Median household income

$104,250$77,391

Median home value

$251,700$686,300

Median gross rent

$1,098$1,469

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover Plains	Hopewell Junction
Under 5	5.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	9.7%	29.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.7%
25 to 34	18.2%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	29.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	6.5%	15.5%
75 and over	8.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover Plains	Hopewell Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	39.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	16.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	9.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	42.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover Plains	Hopewell Junction
No high school diploma	17.6%	4.5%
High school graduate	40.4%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover Plains	Hopewell Junction
Drove alone	80.9%	71.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	16.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	20.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover Plains	Hopewell Junction
1-unit, detached	44.4%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	24.6%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Dover Plains	Hopewell Junction
Poverty rate	30.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.47	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	44	34
Median year structure built	1958	2011