Dover vs Vanceboro

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

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

Vanceboro has the higher population (939 vs 379 in Dover). Vanceboro has the higher median household income ($39,125 vs $37,143 in Dover). Vanceboro has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $90,600 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Vanceboro
Population	379	939
Median age	59.1 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,143	$39,125
Median home value	$90,600	$137,500
Median gross rent	$913	$673
Housing units	194	478
Homeownership rate	64.7%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Vanceboro
Population	240 → 379 (+57.9%)	1,065 → 939 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $37,143 (-8.6%)	$28,750 → $39,125 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$76,500 → $90,600 (+18.4%)	$98,800 → $137,500 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $913 (+28.1%)	$436 → $673 (+54.4%)

Dover

Population

240379

Median household income

$40,625$37,143

Median home value

$76,500$90,600

Median gross rent

$713$913

Vanceboro

Population

1,065939

Median household income

$28,750$39,125

Median home value

$98,800$137,500

Median gross rent

$436$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Vanceboro
Under 5	3.4%	1.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	21.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	5.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	4.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	6.5%
55 to 64	25.1%	20.3%
65 to 74	24.5%	7.6%
75 and over	5.0%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Vanceboro
White (non-Hispanic)	32.7%	49.3%
Black or African American	59.6%	45.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Vanceboro
No high school diploma	24.2%	12.5%
High school graduate	35.3%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Vanceboro
Drove alone	83.8%	91.6%
Carpooled	11.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Vanceboro
1-unit, detached	77.8%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Vanceboro
Poverty rate	33.2%	30.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1971	1983