Bridgeton vs Dover

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

Bridgeton and Dover are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bridgeton has the higher population (561 vs 379 in Dover). Dover has the higher median household income ($37,143 vs $35,833 in Bridgeton). Bridgeton has the higher median home value ($139,600 vs $90,600 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeton	Dover
Population	561	379
Median age	30.7 yrs	59.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,833	$37,143
Median home value	$139,600	$90,600
Median gross rent	$1,082	$913
Housing units	242	194
Homeownership rate	58.3%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeton	Dover
Population	346 → 561 (+62.1%)	240 → 379 (+57.9%)
Median household income	$50,500 → $35,833 (-29.0%)	$40,625 → $37,143 (-8.6%)
Median home value	$141,300 → $139,600 (-1.2%)	$76,500 → $90,600 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,082 (+3.8%)	$713 → $913 (+28.1%)

Bridgeton

Population

346561

Median household income

$50,500$35,833

Median home value

$141,300$139,600

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,082

Dover

Population

240379

Median household income

$40,625$37,143

Median home value

$76,500$90,600

Median gross rent

$713$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeton	Dover
Under 5	12.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	27.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	2.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	5.3%
35 to 44	21.0%	4.0%
45 to 54	3.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	4.3%	25.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	24.5%
75 and over	6.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeton	Dover
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	32.7%
Black or African American	10.9%	59.6%
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	0.0%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	38.9%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeton	Dover
No high school diploma	9.0%	24.2%
High school graduate	26.2%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeton	Dover
Drove alone	82.2%	83.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeton	Dover
1-unit, detached	36.8%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	15.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeton	Dover
Poverty rate	50.4%	33.2%
Average household size	2.72	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1981	1971