The median home value in Dover, DE is $345,288 as of 2026-06-30, up 1.78% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$345,288
Year-over-Year
+1.78%
Population
40,087
Dover ranks #7 of 11 Delaware cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 0.4% below the state's city median of $346,539. It sits in Kent County, where the county-wide median is $374,940.
Dover police recorded a violent crime rate of 1,013 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 6,069 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Dover is $345,288. That's up 1.78% from a year earlier. That is about 0.4% below the typical county in Delaware.
Homes in Dover are cheaper than Kent County as a whole, where the median is $374,940 — a difference of about 7.9%.
Dover police reported 1,013 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 40,087. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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