Dover vs Wilkshire Hills

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

Dover and Wilkshire Hills 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 3,048 in Wilkshire Hills). Wilkshire Hills has the higher median household income ($66,219 vs $61,918 in Dover). Wilkshire Hills has the higher median home value ($259,000 vs $172,600 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Wilkshire Hills
Population	13,094	3,048
Median age	40.4 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,918	$66,219
Median home value	$172,600	$259,000
Median gross rent	$1,004	$797
Housing units	5,855	1,357
Homeownership rate	60.0%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Wilkshire Hills
Population	12,774 → 13,094 (+2.5%)	2,726 → 3,048 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$56,898 → $61,918 (+8.8%)	$58,973 → $66,219 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $172,600 (+29.3%)	$178,800 → $259,000 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$849 → $1,004 (+18.3%)	$724 → $797 (+10.1%)

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

Wilkshire Hills

Population

2,7263,048

Median household income

$58,973$66,219

Median home value

$178,800$259,000

Median gross rent

$724$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Wilkshire Hills
Under 5	2.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.4%	15.3%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.0%	18.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.4%
75 and over	11.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Wilkshire Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.0%
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%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Wilkshire Hills
No high school diploma	7.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	39.0%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Wilkshire Hills
Drove alone	79.6%	84.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	11.2%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Wilkshire Hills
1-unit, detached	69.7%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	35.2%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	6.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Wilkshire Hills
Poverty rate	11.1%	6.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1968	1986