Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Dover
Dover is a wooded, affluent town west of Boston in Norfolk County. Nearly all of its homes are owner-occupied, at 97.0 percent, and its households are large for the state, averaging 3.1 people. About one resident in six is 65 or over, and about one in seven was born outside the United States. Its median home value is among the highest in Massachusetts. Figures below are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 5,923
- Households: 1,912
- Persons per household: 3.1
- Foreign-born: 15.4% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 16.4%
- Under 18: 26.2%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 79.9%
- Asian: 11.5%
- Black or African American: 2.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 2.6%
- Two or more races: 5.7%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 15.6%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $250,001
- Poverty rate: 2.0%
- Median home value: $1,285,800
- Median gross rent: $2,500
- Homeownership: 97.0% of units
- In the labor force: 69.1%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth; the counts below are the state’s enrollment snapshot from February 1, 2025. As in most of the state, Dover’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 4,504
- Unenrolled (no party): 3,017 (66.98%)
- Democrats: 817 (18.14%)
- Republicans: 655 (14.54%)
Sources
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