Dover Plains vs New Hackensack

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

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

Both have a population of 1,077. New Hackensack has the higher median household income ($134,063 vs $62,813 in Dover Plains). New Hackensack has the higher median home value ($379,400 vs $264,000 in Dover Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Dover Plains	New Hackensack
Population	1,077	1,077
Median age	50.0 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,813	$134,063
Median home value	$264,000	$379,400
Median gross rent	$1,051	—
Housing units	484	393
Homeownership rate	48.6%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover Plains	New Hackensack
Population	1,096 → 1,077 (-1.7%)	1,327 → 1,077 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$41,111 → $62,813 (+52.8%)	$102,949 → $134,063 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$161,200 → $264,000 (+63.8%)	$309,400 → $379,400 (+22.6%)
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

New Hackensack

Population

1,3271,077

Median household income

$102,949$134,063

Median home value

$309,400$379,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover Plains	New Hackensack
Under 5	5.5%	0.5%
5 to 17	9.7%	19.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	18.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	16.5%
55 to 64	29.8%	8.5%
65 to 74	6.5%	12.0%
75 and over	8.3%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover Plains	New Hackensack
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	67.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	9.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover Plains	New Hackensack
No high school diploma	17.6%	0.4%
High school graduate	40.4%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover Plains	New Hackensack
Drove alone	80.9%	56.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	16.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	43.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover Plains	New Hackensack
1-unit, detached	44.4%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
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%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Dover Plains	New Hackensack
Poverty rate	30.5%	5.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	44	32
Median year structure built	1958	1966