Big Rock vs Dover

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

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

Dover has the higher population (2,080 vs 161 in Big Rock). Big Rock has the higher median household income ($78,681 vs $72,616 in Dover). Big Rock has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $199,300 in Dover).

Population, income & housing

	Big Rock	Dover
Population	161	2,080
Median age	60.5 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,681	$72,616
Median home value	$204,300	$199,300
Median gross rent	—	$681
Housing units	123	841
Homeownership rate	95.0%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Rock	Dover
Population	280 → 161 (-42.5%)	2,071 → 2,080 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$59,417 → $78,681 (+32.4%)	$39,704 → $72,616 (+82.9%)
Median home value	$153,600 → $204,300 (+33.0%)	$154,700 → $199,300 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$659 → $681 (+3.3%)

Big Rock

Population

280161

Median household income

$59,417$78,681

Median home value

$153,600$204,300

Dover

Population

2,0712,080

Median household income

$39,704$72,616

Median home value

$154,700$199,300

Median gross rent

$659$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Rock	Dover
Under 5	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	6.8%	23.3%
18 to 24	3.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	6.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	23.6%	14.3%
55 to 64	29.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	18.0%	8.2%
75 and over	12.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Rock	Dover
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Rock	Dover
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	60.7%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Rock	Dover
Drove alone	81.9%	81.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.3%
Other means	18.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Rock	Dover
1-unit, detached	88.6%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Rock	Dover
Poverty rate	5.6%	9.4%
Average household size	1.61	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	2000	1979