Dover vs Neuse Forest

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

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

Neuse Forest has the higher population (2,406 vs 379 in Dover). Neuse Forest has the higher median household income ($88,333 vs $37,143 in Dover). Neuse Forest has the higher median home value ($194,200 vs $90,600 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Neuse Forest
Population	379	2,406
Median age	59.1 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,143	$88,333
Median home value	$90,600	$194,200
Median gross rent	$913	$986
Housing units	194	824
Homeownership rate	64.7%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Neuse Forest
Population	240 → 379 (+57.9%)	1,536 → 2,406 (+56.6%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $37,143 (-8.6%)	$75,114 → $88,333 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$76,500 → $90,600 (+18.4%)	$218,900 → $194,200 (-11.3%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $913 (+28.1%)	$1,136 → $986 (-13.2%)

Dover

Population

240379

Median household income

$40,625$37,143

Median home value

$76,500$90,600

Median gross rent

$713$913

Neuse Forest

Population

1,5362,406

Median household income

$75,114$88,333

Median home value

$218,900$194,200

Median gross rent

$1,136$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Neuse Forest
Under 5	3.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.7%	25.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	5.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	4.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.4%
55 to 64	25.1%	10.1%
65 to 74	24.5%	14.0%
75 and over	5.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Neuse Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	32.7%	96.0%
Black or African American	59.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Neuse Forest
No high school diploma	24.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	35.3%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Neuse Forest
Drove alone	83.8%	87.4%
Carpooled	11.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	7.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Neuse Forest
1-unit, detached	77.8%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.9%
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	21.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Neuse Forest
Poverty rate	33.2%	10.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1971	1991