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Dover city, Delaware: commercial real estate data.
Dover city is a Census city of 39,837 people across 23.82 square miles of land, in Kent County. Median household income is $60,199, 46.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 114 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $33.9 m.
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Dover
What Dover is
- Census place typecity
- Land area23.82 sq mi
- Water area0.3 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,673
- County holding the largest share of its areaKent County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dover
How many people live in Dover
- Population39,837
- Median age34.7
- Population under 188,073
- Share under 1820.3 percent
- Population 65 and over6,984
- Share 65 and over17.5 percent
- Households15,428
- Family households7,955
- Share of households that are families51.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dover
Income and work in Dover
- Median household income$60,199
- Per capita income$31,743
- Civilian labor force19,889
- Employed18,305
- Unemployed1,584 plus or minus 544
- Unemployment rate8.0 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over25,112
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dover
Housing in Dover
- Housing units16,448
- Occupied units15,428
- Vacant units1,020 plus or minus 261
- Vacancy rate6.2 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Owner occupied7,230
- Renter occupied8,198
- Ownership rate46.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$258,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,344
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.8 percent
- Single family units9,042
- Share single family55.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more6,592
- Share in buildings of two or more40.1 percent
- Mobile homes814 plus or minus 216
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dover
How Dover gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute16,822
- Commuting under 15 minutes7,629
- Share commuting under 15 minutes45.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,896
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.1 percent
- Drove alone72.8 percent
- Carpooled9.0 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Public transport1.2 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked6.0 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Worked from home9.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dover
SBA 7(a) lending to Dover borrowers
- Approvals114
- Gross approval$33,921,900
- Average approval$297,561
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$649,000
- Largest approval$3,900,000
- Jobs supported1,172
- Jobs per approval10.3
- Loans with a final outcome15
- Paid in full10
- Charged off5
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans33.3 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more7.0 percent
- Share to franchises7.0 percent
- Distinct lenders28
- Distinct industries by NAICS68
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA 504 lending to Dover borrowers
- Approvals13
- Gross approval$8,010,000
- Average approval$616,154
- Median approval$362,000
- Largest approval$2,291,000
- Jobs supported119
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Kent County, not Dover
Kent County context, not Dover figures
These are Kent County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Dover measurements.
- Establishments in Kent County4,971
- Employment at those establishments, Kent County61,078
- Covered employment, Kent County71,071
- Average annual pay, Kent County$57,464
- Average weekly wage, Kent County$1,105
- Housing units permitted, Kent County1,201
- Of those, single family, Kent County1,056
- County product, 2024, Kent County$11,652,246,000
- County product change over the prior year, Kent County8.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Kent County$57,874
Every figure in this section is published for Kent County as a whole and is not a measurement of Dover. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Dover questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Dover, Delaware?
39,837, in 15,428 households. Dover city covers 23.82 square miles of land, which is 1,673 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Dover in?
Kent County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Dover?
$60,199. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $258,900. Median gross rent is $1,344 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Dover businesses?
114 7(a) approvals totalling $33.9 m, across 28 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 13 504 approvals worth $8.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Dover, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Dover borrowers get paid back?
Of the 15 loans that have reached a final outcome, 10 were paid in full and 5 charged off, a charge off rate of 33.3 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Dover figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kent County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Dover.
Is zoning published for Dover?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.