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Median House Value:

Dover, MA

Found within zip code: 02030
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NEIGHBORHOOD COST DETAILS
MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE $1,214,739
  • high cost relative to Massachusetts
  • high cost relative to the nation
HOUSE VALUE RANGE
COST
$2,003,000+  17%
$1,503,001-$2,003,000  16%
$1,002,001-$1,503,000  29%
$802,001-$1,002,000  20%
$601,001-$802,000  13%
$401,001-$601,000  4%
$200,001-$401,000  1%
$100,001-$200,000  0%
$0-$100,000  0%
% OF HOMES
RENTAL PRICE very high cost relative to MA, very high cost relative to the nation


NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL,
& CHARACTER
DETAILS
THE SETTING Suburban (based on population density)
TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS mostly Single-family homes, some Rowhouses & attached homes, some Small apartment buildings, a few Complexes/high rise apartments
SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Large dwellings (4, 5 or more bedrooms)
AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS mostly Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), some Established but not old (Built 1970 - 1994), some Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier), a few Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later)
HOME OWNERSHIP Mostly Owner occupied
SPECIAL CHARACTER mostly Urban Sophisticates, Quiet


THE NEIGHBORS DETAILS
AGE & LIFESTYLE mostly Mixed ages, some Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Seniors (people 65 and over), some College students (people currently attending college)
EDUCATION LEVEL Rating: 10 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated)
INCOME Wealthy (among the 15% most wealthy communities in America)
OCCUPATIONS mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Sales & Service workers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Manufacturing & Laborers
ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Italian ancestry, some East Asian, some Hispanic
LANGUAGES mostly English speaking, some Spanish speaking

School Rating Information


Dover Educational Rating



This town is served by three school districts:



DOVER School District




619 Students enrolled in District

1 Schools in District

DISTRICT RATING
COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best)
9
Better than:
of MA school
districts
88.2%
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COMPARED TO U.S.
(10 is best)
10
Better than:
of US school
districts
99.7%
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM
14
STATE AVERAGE 13

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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)

79%
59%
80%
66%
78%
53%
DISTRICT
STATE
PROFICIENT IN
READING & MATH
PROFICIENT IN
READING
PROFICIENT IN
MATH
SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT GRADES
CHICKERING
28 CROSS STREET, DOVER, MA 02030
(508) 785-0480
PK-05
School district enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) 90.6 73.5
BLACK (%) 2.4 8.4
HISPANIC (%) 1.0 13.1
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) NO DATA 4.7
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) 0.0 0.3
ECONOMIC GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) 0.5 28.2
Educational Expenditures
FOR THIS DISTRICT PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $9,294 $5,753,000 58.3
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT $1,291 $799,000 8.1
STAFF $769 $476,000 4.8
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $205 $127,000 1.3
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $580 $359,000 3.6
OPERATION $1,027 $636,000 6.4
TRANSPORTATION $528 $327,000 3.3
OTHER $816 $505,000 5.1
TOTAL SUPPORT $5,216 $3,229,000 32.7
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $1,441 $892,000 9.0
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $15,952 $9,874,000 100.0
Dover EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
ADULTS IN Dover WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) 77.8
CHILDREN IN Dover LIVING IN POVERTY (%) 2.7

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Dover Appreciation Rates Click for help

PERIOD TOTAL APPRECIATION AVG. ANNUAL RATE COMPARED
TO MA*
COMPARED
TO AMERICA*
Since 1990 149.69% 7.87% 9 7
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About Dover

Dover is a somewhat small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 5,558 people and just one neighborhood, Dover is the 242nd largest community in Massachusetts.

Dover is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 94.34% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Dover is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dover who work in management occupations (22.28%), sales jobs (15.91%), and business and financial occupations (9.59%).

Also of interest is that Dover has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Dover telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.39% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Dover is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Dover is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Dover really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Dover perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Dover is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Dover, the average commute to work is 32.48 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Dover does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Dover Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Dover. 77.80% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Dover in 2000 was $64,899, which is wealthy relative to Massachusetts and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $259,596 for a family of four. However, Dover contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Dover home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Dover is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Dover include Irish, English, Italian, German, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Dover is English.

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