State capital in Delaware, United States

Dover

$330kMedian Home
300Sunny Days/yr
66°FAvg High Temp
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Four real seasons, with rain spread fairly evenly through the year. Spring and fall feel like real transition seasons. Occasional winter snow is possible. Humidity stays elevated through most of the year.

About Dover

Dover is the capital and the second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Delaware, after Wilmington. It is also the county seat of Kent County and the principal city of the Dover metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Kent County and is part of the Philadelphia–Wilmington–Camden, PA–NJ–DE–MD, combined statistical area. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware River coastal plain. It was named by William Penn for Dover in Kent, England.Wikipedia

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Location Context
Dover, Delaware
Latitude39.16°
Longitude-75.52°
Population39k
Center elevation30 ft

State Context

DelawareU.S. state

Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey to its northeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state's name derives from the adjacent Delaware Bay, which in turn was named after Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman and the Colony of Virginia's first colonial-era governor.Wikipedia

Income tax: 2.20% - 6.60%Avg sales tax: 0.00%Property tax: 0.43%Official school data available

About the Region

Mid-Atlantic

The Mid-Atlantic corridor — New York City south through Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. — is the densest and most economically complex region in the country. Finance and media anchor New York; government, defense, and federal contracting anchor D.C.; healthcare and universities anchor Philadelphia and Baltimore. This makes the region one of the most recession-resistant labor markets in the U.S., though the same fundamentals push housing costs persistently high.

Philadelphia and Baltimore offer substantially lower costs than either New York or D.C. while sitting on the same high-speed rail line, making them increasingly attractive to remote workers and hybrid commuters. The New Jersey and Delaware suburbs fill in between, providing family-oriented communities within commuting range of multiple cities. The region's density means genuine walkability in most urban cores, strong transit infrastructure, and cultural institutions that rival anywhere on earth.

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People

City Profile

Median Age35 yrs
College Educated26%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home4%of workforce
Poverty Rate20%
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Cost of Living

Housing
$2k/mo
Median rent
$330k
Median home price
Rent burden36% of income
Household Income
$54k
Median annual
Daily life

Livability

Transit Score
43
School Rating
2.5/10
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Climate

Sunshine
300
sunny days per year
82% of the year
Avg High Temp
66°F
annual average
Humidity Pattern
Humidity year-round
72% warm season / 69% cool season
Comfort Score
71/100
Good
Temp Swing
42°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Annual precipitation
53"
inches per year
Annual snowfall
8"
inches per year
Typical Air Quality
45
Good · 2024 modeled average
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Summer 72% · Winter 69% · Apr-Aug 64-74%
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