Dover vs Pennville

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

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

Pennville has the higher population (2,102 vs 2,004 in Dover). Dover has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $72,842 in Pennville). Pennville has the higher median home value ($199,400 vs $192,200 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Pennville
Population	2,004	2,102
Median age	41.7 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	$72,842
Median home value	$192,200	$199,400
Median gross rent	$1,102	$1,732
Housing units	853	841
Homeownership rate	69.8%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Pennville
Population	2,217 → 2,004 (-9.6%)	2,028 → 2,102 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$76,618 → $77,500 (+1.2%)	$63,155 → $72,842 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$147,300 → $192,200 (+30.5%)	$158,500 → $199,400 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$894 → $1,102 (+23.3%)	$1,017 → $1,732 (+70.3%)

Dover

Population

2,2172,004

Median household income

$76,618$77,500

Median home value

$147,300$192,200

Median gross rent

$894$1,102

Pennville

Population

2,0282,102

Median household income

$63,155$72,842

Median home value

$158,500$199,400

Median gross rent

$1,017$1,732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover	Pennville
Under 5	5.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	18.6%	6.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	5.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.0%
75 and over	6.9%	24.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Pennville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	86.1%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	7.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Pennville
No high school diploma	11.3%	5.2%
High school graduate	42.3%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Pennville
Drove alone	78.8%	86.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.8%
Worked from home	3.7%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Pennville
1-unit, detached	64.4%	47.8%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	39.2%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Pennville
Poverty rate	5.9%	3.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1972	1983