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Population (year 2000): 18,188. Estimated
population in July 2005: 18,441 (+1.4% change)
Males: 9,377 (51.6%), Females: 8,811 (48.4%)
Morris County
Zip codes: .
Median resident age: 33.7 years
Median household income: $53,423 (year 2000)
Median house value: $150,500 (year 2000)
Races in Dover:
- Hispanic (57.9%)
- White Non-Hispanic (32.6%)
- Other race (16.0%)
- Black (6.8%)
- Two or more races (4.9%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Filipino (0.6%)
- Asian Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Italian (7.3%), Irish (6.5%), German
(5.4%), English (4.4%), United States (3.8%), Polish (2.5%).
Elevation: 800 feet
Land area: 2.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Dover
- High school or higher: 66.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.4%
- Unemployed: 7.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Dover town
- Never married: 32.2%
- Now married: 48.6%
- Separated: 4.2%
- Widowed: 6.1%
- Divorced: 8.8%
42.8% Foreign born (38.5% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +2,510 (+16.0%).
Hospital/medical center in Dover:
- SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL (400 WEST BLACKWELL
STREET)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Dover:
- ST CLARES HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; DENVILLE, NJ)
- GREYSTONE PARK PSYCH HOSP (about 7 miles; GREYSTONE
PARK, NJ)
- MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 9 miles;
MORRISTOWN, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Dover:
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 31 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- TETERBORO (about 36 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 41 miles;
NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Dover:
- MORRISTOWN MUNI (about 14 miles; MORRISTOWN, NJ; ID:
MMU)
- AEROFLEX-ANDOVER (about 15 miles; ANDOVER, NJ; ID:
12N)
- TRINCA (about 16 miles; ANDOVER, NJ; ID: 13N)
College/University in Dover:
- JOE KUBERT SCHOOL OF CARTOON AND GRAPHIC ART
(Full-time enrollment: 133; Location: 37 MYRTLE AVE;
Private, for-profit)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Dover:
- COUNTY COLLEGE OF MORRIS (about 3 miles; RANDOLPH,
NJ; Full-time enrollment: 5,202)
- DREW UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; MADISON, NJ; FT
enrollment: 2,133)
- WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (about 22
miles; WAYNE, NJ; FT enrollment: 8,017)
- SETON HALL UNIVERSITY (about 23 miles; SOUTH ORANGE,
NJ; FT enrollment: 7,509)
- UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 24 miles; CRANFORD, NJ;
FT enrollment: 5,856)
- KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 24 miles; UNION, NJ; FT
enrollment: 8,627)
- RARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 24 miles;
SOMERVILLE, NJ; FT enrollment: 3,283)
Public high school in Dover:
- DOVER HIGH (Students: 909; Location: 100
GRACE STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Dover:
- NORTH DOVER ELEM (Students: 754; Location: 51
HIGHLAND AVENUE; Grades: PK - 05)
- ACADEMY STREET (Students: 609; Location: 14
ACADEMY STREET; Grades: KG - 06)
- DOVER MIDDLE (Students: 502; Location: 302
EAST MCFARLAN STREET; Grades: 07 - 08)
- BIRCHWOOD (Students: 375; Location: ART
STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
- DENNIS B. O BRIEN SCH (Students: 354;
Location: MINERAL SPRING DRIVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- EAST DOVER ELEM SCH (Students: 303; Location:
302 EAST MCFARLAN STREET; Grades: 03 - 06)
Private primary/middle school in Dover:
- SACRED HEART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
246; Location: 30 NORTH ESSEX STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
Libraries in Dover:
- DOVER FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$399,535; Location: 32 E. CLINTON ST.; 49,457 books;
1,037 audio materials; 489 video materials; 112 serial
subscriptions)
- MINE HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$105,861; Location: BAKER STREET; 20,117 books; 563
audio materials; 623 video materials; 52 serial
subscriptions)
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