Dover is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,875 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dover is the 226th largest community in Tennessee.
Dover is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Dover, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Dover has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
Overall, Dover’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
In Dover, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.11 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Dover is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Dover citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.34% of adults in Dover have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Dover in 2022 was $30,173, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,692 for a family of four. However, Dover contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Dover home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dover residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dover include English, Irish, German, European, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Dover is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.