Dover is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,823 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dover is the 226th largest community in Tennessee.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dover is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dover is a city of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dover who work in management occupations (17.43%), teaching (10.21%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (9.84%). Overall, Dover’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. Being a small city, Dover does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Dover citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.23% of adults 25 and older in Dover have a college 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.
