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Dover city, New Hampshire: commercial real estate data.
Dover city is a Census city of 33,364 people across 26.73 square miles of land, in Strafford County. Median household income is $94,829, 52.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 93 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $28.4 m.
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Dover
What Dover is
- Census place typecity
- Land area26.73 sq mi
- Water area2.32 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,248
- County holding the largest share of its areaStrafford 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
- Population33,364
- Median age36.9
- Population under 185,650
- Share under 1816.9 percent
- Population 65 and over5,597
- Share 65 and over16.8 percent
- Households15,042
- Family households8,079
- Share of households that are families53.7 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$94,829
- Per capita income$52,795
- Civilian labor force20,706
- Employed19,859
- Unemployed847 plus or minus 274
- Unemployment rate4.1 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Adults 25 and over23,978
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher52.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dover
Housing in Dover
- Housing units15,433
- Occupied units15,042
- Vacant units391 plus or minus 187
- Vacancy rate2.5 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Owner occupied7,921
- Renter occupied7,121
- Ownership rate52.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$436,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,607
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.3 percent
- Single family units7,459
- Share single family48.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more7,608
- Share in buildings of two or more49.3 percent
- Mobile homes366 plus or minus 180
- Median year structure built1976
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 commute16,007
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,713
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,685
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more23.0 percent
- Drove alone69.1 percent
- Carpooled5.0 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Public transport2.8 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Walked3.1 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home18.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dover
SBA loans in Dover (7(a))
- Approvals93
- Gross approval$28,421,400
- Average approval$305,606
- Median approval$95,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$646,000
- Largest approval$3,526,000
- Jobs supported674
- Jobs per approval7.2
- Loans with a final outcome24
- Paid in full24
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more6.5 percent
- Share to franchises5.4 percent
- Distinct lenders30
- Distinct industries by NAICS59
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Dover
SBA loans in Dover (504)
- Approvals61
- Gross approval$26,004,000
- Average approval$426,295
- Median approval$249,000
- Largest approval$2,522,000
- Jobs supported357
- Loans with a final outcome25
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Strafford County, not Dover
Strafford County context, not Dover figures
These are Strafford 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 Strafford County2,729
- Employment at those establishments, Strafford County39,697
- Covered employment, Strafford County46,517
- Average annual pay, Strafford County$64,687
- Average weekly wage, Strafford County$1,244
- Housing units permitted, Strafford County942
- Of those, single family, Strafford County327
- County product, 2024, Strafford County$7,984,267,000
- County product change over the prior year, Strafford County0.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Strafford County$78,519
Every figure in this section is published for Strafford 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, New Hampshire?
33,364, in 15,042 households. Dover city covers 26.73 square miles of land, which is 1,248 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?
Strafford 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?
$94,829. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $436,700. Median gross rent is $1,607 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?
93 7(a) approvals totalling $28.4 m, across 30 lenders, median approval $95,000, plus 61 504 approvals worth $26.0 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 24 loans that have reached a final outcome, 24 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 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 Strafford 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.
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