Cove City vs Dover

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

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

Cove City has the higher population (583 vs 379 in Dover). Cove City has the higher median household income ($50,893 vs $37,143 in Dover). Dover has the higher median home value ($90,600 vs $78,800 in Cove City).

Population, income & housing

	Cove City	Dover
Population	583	379
Median age	55.8 yrs	59.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,893	$37,143
Median home value	$78,800	$90,600
Median gross rent	$916	$913
Housing units	248	194
Homeownership rate	66.8%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cove City	Dover
Population	449 → 583 (+29.8%)	240 → 379 (+57.9%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $50,893 (+1.8%)	$40,625 → $37,143 (-8.6%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $78,800 (+0.6%)	$76,500 → $90,600 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $916 (+14.9%)	$713 → $913 (+28.1%)

Cove City

Population

449583

Median household income

$50,000$50,893

Median home value

$78,300$78,800

Median gross rent

$797$916

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)

	Cove City	Dover
Under 5	3.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.7%
18 to 24	1.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	5.3%	5.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	4.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	24.2%	25.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	24.5%
75 and over	17.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cove City	Dover
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	32.7%
Black or African American	28.0%	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	3.3%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cove City	Dover
No high school diploma	12.0%	24.2%
High school graduate	38.6%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cove City	Dover
Drove alone	76.4%	83.8%
Carpooled	17.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cove City	Dover
1-unit, detached	64.9%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.1%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Cove City	Dover
Poverty rate	8.7%	33.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1987	1971