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A town of 3,260.
Dover Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, ranked 873rd of 987 in Ohio, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is cost of living: a typical home costs about $153K, 2.7 years of the Athens area’s $56K median household income. Its lowest everyday mark is in incomes: the median household income is $55K, and 20% of residents live below the poverty line. 32% of the land in Dover Township is conserved, above both Ohio’s towns (3.7%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). On the outdoors, just 42 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. Dover Township has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Kidwell Covered Bridge and Athens County Infirmary.
31.9% of the town is conserved land, across 5 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Dover Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 13 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and a map from 1903 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Dover Township, 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 Township.
Dover Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of Ohio and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
Its 7,405 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 99% of Ohio towns. Its A for the outdoors ranks #27 of 993 in Ohio.
Dover Township’s trail density is 2.3 miles per square mile, above both the Ohio town median (0.2) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). The biggest place to walk is Chauncey-Dover Trailhead Park, 115 acres with 4.2 miles of trail. 82 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Chauncey-Dover Trailhead Park | 4.2 mi | 115 |
| 2. Lindy Roosenburg Preserve | 1.3 mi | 74 |
| 3. Bluebell Preserve | — | 114 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 98% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $1,121 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Dover Township is 81 of 100. Since 1979, 81 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Dover Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here grew from 321 in 2013 to 508.
Most working residents leave Dover Township for work: only 1% work in town. Dover Township’s average trip to work is 20 minutes. Jobs based in Dover Township grew to 508 in 2023, 187 more than in 2013.
| Dover Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $55,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 7,467 U.S. towns with household incomes like Dover Township’s, it is healthier than 54%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Dover Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 29% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Dover Township.
| Dover Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 26% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Dover Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.9% | 15.3% |
| More adults with depression | 29.3% | 25.4% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 56.4% | 62.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
People 65 and older are 27% of residents (18% statewide); children under 18 are 14% of residents (22% statewide). 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Dover Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 14% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 47.5 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 24% | 29% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Dover Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.3% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.6% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.8% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.6% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 20% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.4% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 14.3% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.5% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.5% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 11.5% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.2% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,300, single groups can be off by several points
Dover Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 22° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2 within 15 miles of the center of Dover Township
About 6 of every 100 Dover Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Where Dover Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
5 places in Dover Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Dover Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,387 people in the township.
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4 towns share a border with Dover Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Township | #873 | C− | B− | — | B− | C |
| Athens Township | #855 | C− | D | — | B− | B− |
| Trimble Township | #947 | D | A− | — | C | D |
| York Township | #950 | D | B+ | — | C | D |
| Ames Township | — | — | C | — | C+ | C+ |
Ames Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Dover Township, Athens Township, Trimble Township, York Township and Ames Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Dover Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Dover Township grades C− overall, better than 22% of U.S. towns and #873 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C for health 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 B−.
