Dover vs Newcomerstown

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

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

Dover has the higher population (13,094 vs 3,585 in Newcomerstown). Dover has the higher median household income ($61,918 vs $35,125 in Newcomerstown). Dover has the higher median home value ($172,600 vs $89,700 in Newcomerstown).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Newcomerstown
Population	13,094	3,585
Median age	40.4 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,918	$35,125
Median home value	$172,600	$89,700
Median gross rent	$1,004	$812
Housing units	5,855	1,837
Homeownership rate	60.0%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	27.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Newcomerstown
Population	12,774 → 13,094 (+2.5%)	3,949 → 3,585 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$56,898 → $61,918 (+8.8%)	$34,236 → $35,125 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $172,600 (+29.3%)	$78,800 → $89,700 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$849 → $1,004 (+18.3%)	$713 → $812 (+13.9%)

Dover

Population

12,77413,094

Median household income

$56,898$61,918

Median home value

$133,500$172,600

Median gross rent

$849$1,004

Newcomerstown

Population

3,9493,585

Median household income

$34,236$35,125

Median home value

$78,800$89,700

Median gross rent

$713$812

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Newcomerstown
Under 5	2.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	21.4%	11.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	19.7%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	12.2%
75 and over	11.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Newcomerstown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Newcomerstown
No high school diploma	7.8%	15.4%
High school graduate	39.0%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Newcomerstown
Drove alone	79.6%	82.4%
Carpooled	8.2%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.5%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Newcomerstown
1-unit, detached	69.7%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.9%
20 or more units	5.7%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Newcomerstown
Poverty rate	11.1%	34.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1968	1952