Dover is a very small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 3,266 people and three associated neighborhoods, Dover is the 327th largest community in Florida.Dover is a blue-collar town, with 44.08% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Dover is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dover who work in sales jobs (16.77%), farm management occupations (16.38%), and food service (14.92%). You will also find that a lot of people in Dover work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.15% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. 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 33.10 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Dover is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In Dover, just 6.19% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Dover in 2022 was $22,645, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,580 for a family of four. However, Dover contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dover also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.54% of its population below the federal poverty line.Dover is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dover home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Dover, accounting for 58.79% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). 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 Irish, German, Italian, English, and European. In addition, Dover has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (23.25%). The most common language spoken in Dover is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
