Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Dover is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 515th among Ohio's 987 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is safety: it reports less crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 60% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $236K, 3.6 years of the New Philadelphia area’s $65K median household income. 22% of working residents work locally in Dover, against 6.8% in Ohio’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. Dover has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Jeremiah Reeves House and Carriage House and Warther Family Home and Museum. Dover's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 88% of U.S. towns.
Where Dover beats most towns.
Jeremiah Reeves House and Carriage House
Census counts: 598 in 1840, 13,112 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1868 and 6 maps from 1912 on.
7 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Dover is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Dover, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Dover.
Dover is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has seen reported crime rise by about half.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 86% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Dover.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Dover City school district. Three of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Dover High School, with 823 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 616 | B |
| Dover High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 823 | B+ |
| Dover Avenue Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades 4–5 | Grades 4–5 | 392 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
1.4 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Dover City Park, at 110 acres.
| Dover | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dover City Park | 0.8 mi | 110 |
| 2. Public Square | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Reported crimes rose from 73 to 106 over the last three FBI years, a rise beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Dover’s property crime rate is 6.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Dover | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.2 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Dover has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in 5 of Dover’s working residents works in town. The average trip to work in Dover is 22 minutes. Jobs based in Dover fell to 7,485 in 2023, 496 fewer than in 2013.
| Dover | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 9.1% | 9.7% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 9,779 U.S. towns with household incomes like Dover’s, it is healthier than 56%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
42% of Dover adults have obesity. Dover beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 40% of Dover adults have high blood pressure.
| Dover | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Dover | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
People 65 and older are 23% of residents (18% statewide). 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Dover | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 22% | 22% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Dover | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.7% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.7% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.3% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.2% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.8% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.7% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.7% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.4% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38.2% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.9% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.9% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.5% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.5% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Typical home values rose 6.3% in the year to September 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dover. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
39 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
21 mi Stadium & arenaTom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium
10 mi MuseumAge of Steam Roundhouse
20 mi LandmarkMcKinley National Memorial
8 mi MuseumFort LaurensPro Football Hall of Fame: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium: Harrier233 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Age of Steam Roundhouse: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 4.0 · McKinley National Memorial: CoolRockC, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Laurens: Roseohioresident, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Dover
About 2 of every 100 Dover residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
7 places in Dover on the National Register of Historic Places.
22 notable people were born in Dover.
City in Ohio, United States
Dover is a city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States, along the Tuscarawas River. The population was 13,112 at the 2020 census. It is a principal city of the New Philadelphia–Dover micropolitan area, approximately 68 miles (109 km) south of Cleveland and borders the city of New Philadelphia.
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3 towns share a border with Dover.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover | #515 | B | C+ | B+ | B | C+ |
| Dover Township | #826 | C | C+ | — | B | C |
| New Philadelphia | #572 | B− | B | B+ | B− | C− |
| Parral | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Dover Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Parral isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Dover with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Dover grades B overall, better than 58% of U.S. towns and #515 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C+ for health, B+ for safety and B for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
22 notable people were born here, including Elwyn Berlekamp and Hunter Armstrong.
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