About Dover

Dover is a very small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 2,809 people and just one neighborhood, Dover is the 388th largest community in Florida.

Dover is a blue-collar town, with 56.9% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Dover is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dover who work in building maintenance and grounds keeping (10.66%), office and administrative support jobs (10.09%), and sales jobs (5.42%).

Another important characteristic of Dover is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

As is often the case in a small town, Dover doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Dover Information and Demographics

The population of Dover has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.88% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Dover in 2000 was $10,728, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $42,912 for a family of four.

Dover is a very ethnically-diverse town. 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 African-American. Dover also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 51.26% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Dover include English and German.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Dover's cultural character, accounting for 29.51% of the town's population.

The most common language spoken in Dover is Spanish. Some people also speak English.