Dover’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
Being a small city, Dover does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Dover who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.23% of the adults in Dover have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Dover in 2022 was $27,896, 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 $111,584 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, European, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Dover is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
